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Tax on an offshore shares trading account

Posted 26 January 2017

Neil says:
24 January 2017 at 14:25

Do I pay capital gains on an offshore shares trading account? I have a shares account in the US.

TaxTim TaxTim says:
26 January 2017 at 14:54

Yes you do, unless you paid tax in the US already, did you perhaps pay tax in the US on this trading account?

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