Individual Savings Accounts ISAs are tax efficient savings schemes. We offer a Stocks and Shares ISA and a Lifetime ISA see Lifetime ISA brochure that also allows you to hold cash as part of your investment strategy.

Investments in an ISA are free of capital gains tax. Who can open a Stocks and Shares ISA? Anyone 18 or over can open an ISA if they are resident in the UK for tax, or are Crown employees and spouse serving overseas.

How much can I invest in an ISA each year? This may all go into a Stocks and Shares SAS ISA. What are the tax benefits? Income received on ISA investments should not be included on your tax return. No tax is payable on income received in an ISA.

Also, you pay no capital gains tax on investments in your ISA. Any dividend income received outside of an ISA must be listed on your tax return and may attract tax.

You can buy Qualifying shares officially listed on any recognised exchange. AiM shares, qualifying Investment Trusts, Unit Trusts, Open Ended Investment Companies and UCITS are allowed. You can also buy Gilts, Permanent Interest Bearing Shares PIBS , Bonds, Convertibles and Preference shares. Extra charges may apply to some overseas stocks so you should check with us before dealing. What's excluded from ISAs? Can I buy and sell within my ISA?

You can trade as often as you wish, simply ring our team of dealers who will be pleased to assist you on Do you deal "instantly? If preferred, you can often hold on the telephone while your deals are being done. How do you confirm my deals? If you are registered for Client Web Access CWA , an email is sent to you informing you that a contract note is on your CWA account for you to view.

Alternatively, a contract note is posted to you for every deal showing price, commission etc. Regardless of cause, we can accept no financial liability for missing or incorrect contract notes unless brought to our attention within 10 business days of the original deal s.

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Who chooses the Investments? We try to make sure the investments you choose for your ISAs are allowed. However, you are always responsible for suitability and future investment performance. Our Investment Managers will be happy to provide more detailed personal analysis of your investment portfolio once you return our "Client Agreement. Will I get Newsletters?

We will also produce periodic news bulletins which will only be viewable on CWA. Can I transfer other ISAs to Pilling? Yes, we make no charge to receive ISAs that might also contain your old PEPs from other managers. You should check if your manager makes a transfer penalty. You may transfer part of a plan to us. Can I transfer shares from a profit sharing or share option scheme into an ISA?

Employees who receive shares in their company from an HMRC approved all-employee savings related share option scheme, or profit sharing scheme, may transfer them into a Pilling ISA. Transfers must take place within 90 days of the stock leaving the approved scheme see Charges. Can I transfer shares in my own name into an ISA? We have to sell the shares and then buy them back into the ISA. You can either send us your share certificates together with signed CREST transfers or via electronic transfer.

You may also buy different shares in the ISA from those you sell. You also pay 0. If the same holding is sold and then bought straight away in your ISA, you only pay commission on one of the trades.

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May I leave cash in an SAS ISA? Yes, cash is now accepted as a qualifying investment. Do you pay interest on cash? Your cash is always held in accounts segregated from our own, and only in banks which are authorised and regulated by the FCA.

We pay interest to your account after a variable administrative deduction. Our current rates are always available on request or can be viewed on our website. Due to current low interest rates, it is unlikely your ISA will generate sufficient interest to be credited.

How are dividends dealt with? Dividends are credited to your Plan. If there is any tax due from interest payments from gilts for example, we will reclaim this from HMRC and add this to your account. Gross dividend income may be kept in the ISA or paid to you with no tax penalty. Simply tell us on the application form how you wish income to be treated.

Can I re-invest my dividends? Our DRIP commission is only 0. Can I have my income paid out to me? With the Pilling Income Distribution System all your income is automatically paid straight to your bank or building society account on a quarterly basis towards the end of January, April, July and October. We send you a statement showing the dividend s and the amount paid to your bank account.

Payments include only dividends credited to the account up to the 5th of the month. Simply elect on the application form to have your income paid out. Can I make withdrawals from my ISA? Yes, you can take out cash and investments at any time without liability to Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax.

Under the terms of Flexible ISAs where a withdrawal is made including income payments as above , any subsequent subscriptions in the same tax year that would otherwise count towards the subscription limit will do so only to the extent that previously withdrawn amounts have been fully replaced. How are my investments registered? You are always the beneficial owner of the investments. There may be occasions when identical stocks are pooled together within Crest, or at another custodians, as one block under the title of SASNL.

In these circumstances you are warned, that in the unlikely event of an unreconcilable shortfall after the failure of a custodian, clients may share in that shortfall in proportion to their original share of the assets in the pool.

Are my investments secure?

Your investments are not only protected under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme FSCS , but, with the security of Pilling clients in mind, we also maintain additional professional financial risks insurance to cover the changing level of turnover in our business. If your investments must be held by a third party, we will use our best endeavours to make sure that only recognised and well-respected financial institutions are used. There may be further risk with non UK based custodians because of different settlement, legal and regulatory requirements.

However, we do not accept responsibility for such third party safe custody obligations. We write to tell you of any action effecting your investments including conversion and subscription rights, takeovers and similar offers. We process any capital reorganisations, demergers etc. You may only take up rights issues and open offers in an ISA if you have cash in the plan, or can add new cash to an ISA. If you do not have enough cash, then the funds must be raised inside the plan.

You must give your clear instructions direct to the Pilling ISA Department by phone or by email to caisa pilling. Can I borrow against my ISA? You must always remain the beneficial owner of your ISA investments. They may not be used as security for a loan. Do I get valuations and statements? You will be able to view your valuations on line as often as you wish once you have registered to do so.

If you are not registered for CWA, simply email your account numbers to us at compliance pilling. These are also available in paper form by request. Can I have Company Reports and Accounts? We can arrange this but, to keep down costs, we suggest you get these from the Company Registrars direct.

They are also usually available on the company websites. Do I have the same rights as an ordinary shareholder? By negotiation, we can arrange for you to attend company meetings, to vote and to receive any other relevant information that is sent to share or unitholders direct.

Can my ISA be "voided"?

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We regret that if your plan fails the provisions of the ISA Regulations, it may have to be cancelled "voided" and we will tell you as soon as possible. However, this is a rare occurrence and we make every effort to ensure this does not happen. Does Pilling administer its own ISAs?

All our ISAs are administered "in-house" by our own staff and we never delegate our ISA role to a third party. The annual custody charge for your Pilling ISA is 0. However, this charge not only covers your Pilling ISA but any other account you have with us including SIPP, Nominee, PIPs and Own Name services.

We will add the value of all your accounts with us and apply no more than the maximum cap. Any charges to close or transfer a Pilling ISA? Cash can be withdrawn at no cost on closure, or on full or part transfer to another ISA manager. You may prefer to sell investments at our normal dealing rates to convert them into cash. You will be charged our Custody Fee on a "pro rata" basis upon closure for the charging period the plans were open with us.

Please note that transfers of ISAs can take up to a month to process. What are the dealing charges? These rates apply to all securities. We must charge you Government stamp duty at 0. Are there any extra charges on overseas securities? However, if you choose an investment which cannot be traded or held via Crest and a third party has to be used, the cost incurred will be passed on to you. Although most overseas transactions can be accommodated within our commission rates, please enquire at time of dealing as additional charges may be applicable.

Can my investments be sold without my permission? We reserve the right to sell or realise any investment which we are holding or entitled to receive on your behalf in order to meet any liabilities you may have incurred to us. We shall not be liable to you in respect of any loss arising nor in respect of any choice made by us in selecting the investments to be sold. We will apply the proceeds of sale net of costs in or towards discharge of your liabilities to us and will account to you for the balance.

In the event that such proceeds are insufficient to cover the whole of your liabilities to us, you remain liable for the balance. We shall be entitled, without further reference to you, to buy any investment in the market to close any short position created by you and then, subject to any statutory notice period , sell or dispose of any other investments held by us or which we are entitled to receive on your behalf to satisfy in whole or in part the sums due on settlement of any such purchase and its associated costs.

We shall not be responsible for advising you about the investment merits of any transactions effected by us pursuant to this section which in all cases will be treated as execution only deals. Can my surviving spouses inherit my ISA tax advantages when I die? Yes, however the following criteria applies. The death has to be on or after 3 rd December The additional allowance amount will be the value of the ISA as at the date of death. The specific assets held in your ISA do not have to be used for the additional allowance i.

In the case of cash subscriptions, the additional subscription has to be made within 3 years of the date of death, or if later, days of the completion of the administration of the estate. Note that this is about giving the surviving spouse an additional ISA allowance only. It is not related to the assets in the ISA other than being determined by their value at date of death.

The actual assets will be distributed in the usual way according to the will. The spouse will be entitled to the additional allowance even if the assets have been left to someone else, or have been used to meet expenses from the estate.

No one else will be entitled to this allowance, even if they have received the assets from the ISA. Can I open an ISA this year? Charges at a Glance. How to open an ISA. ISA Brochure and Application Forms.

Members of The London Stock Exchange and WMA Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority No. The value of investments can fall and you may get back less than you invested. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns. There is no guarantee that the tax efficient nature of any investment product mentioned within this website will remain. Investments may not be suitable for everybody and potential investors are recommended to seek independent advice before investing.

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