Jersey:
Taxation In Jersey - Dividends and Withholding Tax
26 March 1999
KPMG
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Dividends from resident companies (i.e., non-exempt companies) are deemed to arise to the person entitled to them on the date of declaration and, whether any tax is deducted or not, to be income of the amount received grossed-up at the standard rate. The recipient of a dividend from which tax has been deducted is entitled to an immediate tax credit equal to the deduction which is applied towards the tax liability of the recipient.
Non resident and exempt companies are not required, nor entitled, to deduct tax at source from any payments made to non residents. There are no provisions requiring a Jersey company to account for tax deducted in respect of dividends. In practice dividends are paid out of taxed profits and tax paid by the company is imputed to the shareholder.
Income tax at the standard rate of 20% is deducted at source from interest, royalties, annuities and other annual payments other than interest paid to banks. However this does not apply to international business companies. There is statutory tax relief for interest paid to a bank carrying on business in Jersey. This is extended by concession to include interest paid to banks and certain other financial institutions carrying on business overseas.
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