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Making use of the tax pool

Produced by a Tolley Trusts and Inheritance Tax expert
Trusts and Inheritance Tax
Guidance

Making use of the tax pool

Produced by a Tolley Trusts and Inheritance Tax expert
Trusts and Inheritance Tax
Guidance
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Introduction

This guidance note follows on from the Discretionary trusts ― tax pool guidance note, which explains how the tax pool is calculated.

The ‘tax pool’ is a record of the tax paid from year to year by the trustees of a discretionary trust, which funds the tax credits available to the beneficiaries. If the tax credits on distributions to beneficiaries exceed the amount available in the tax pool, an additional charge is made on the trustees.

This guidance note explains the effect of the mismatch between the rates of tax on trust income and the beneficiaries’ tax credit, and considers how to use the tax pool efficiently.

Dividends

The distribution of dividend income always results in a tax credit for the beneficiary which exceeds the tax contributed to the pool by that income. This is because both the dividend trust rates and the dividend ordinary rate are lower than the trust rate. A comparison of the shortfall,is quantified as a percentage of the net dividend below:

2022/23 onwards
Dividend

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