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So 20% taxes in total on dividends for RPL? Also, do you know if they pay dividends quarterly or semi-annually?

So 20% taxes in total on dividends for RPL? Also, do you know if they pay dividends quarterly or semi-annually?

I hold RPL and like it.

The UK withholding tax on the so called PID element is 20% (of course no additional 15% withholding tax in ZA). The so called Non PID
element is not subject to UK withholding tax. Taking the cash alternative for the dividends declared for the 6 months  ended Feb 2015 was subject
to the full 20% UK tax. (Opting for scrip has a Non Pid element portion which is free of tax).
However, you will note that sometimes, for reasons unknown to me, e.g. the cash dividends declared for the period ended Aug.2014
also contain a tax free Non Pid portion. Best illustrated in the attached images.
(They are foreign dividends, but are regarded as local dividends for tax purposes - just like SAB, BTI etc.
Real estate investment companies like NEPI ROC etc. are treated the same way for tax purposes but withholding tax is the normal 15% on ZA dividends).

A great Rand hedge that more than held its own during the Aug/Sept turmoil and down trend. See graph.

Yeah, you used a lot of fancy words there that I did not understand. Looked at their previous dividends report and also came across PID and non-PID and scrip. Can someone explain to me what these things mean? 

The answer is to be found on their website, copied as shown below:-

Distributions

As a UK-REIT, Redefine International does not pay UK direct taxes on the income and capital gains from its qualifying UK property rental business (the “Tax Exempt Business”). However, UK-REITs are required to distribute at least 90% of its taxable profits from its Taxable Exempt Business, for each accounting period, in the form of a property income distribution (“PID”) rather than as a dividend. In this way, taxation of income from property is moved from the corporate level to the investor level.

A UK-REIT may elect to designate any additional dividend above the 90% minimum PID, as either a PID or an ordinary dividend (“Non-PID”).

Therefore distribution payments may comprise a mixture of both PID and Non-PID or solely a PID. The amount of PID and any Non-PID elements of each Redefine International dividend will be shown on the associated tax vouchers that will be provided to shareholders within 14 days from the dividend payment date.

Tax treatment

Shareholders should note that the tax treatment of PID and Non-PID dividends differs.

Any Non-PID dividends will be treated in the same way as dividends paid by non-UK REIT companies.

PID dividends have not been taxed in the Company and therefore for most shareholders, PIDs will be paid after deducting withholding tax at the current basic rate of 20%.

Market stats @ close 11/09/15 >>

And what is scrip?

I don't believe it. Have you ever subscribed for rights in a rights issue ? Like 10 shares for every 100 held - scrip are the shares subscribed for. 

Sorry Fawkes85, judging by some of your posts I was under the impression that you are pretty clued up. 

Do you still have an address and UK bank account? If so, I would open an online account - some do not charge monthly fees and trade fees are lower than SA - beside EE of course. http://www.moneysupermarket.com/shares/

Thanks guys,

Yes, have UK acc and address so good to go and Money Supermarket is an interesting site and not only for shares. Will look into using a share service on there.

Also, the DBX UK site is really informative and performance wise the S&P 500 ETF over 5 yrs being a no brainer with 222% return! What would you be investing in on the UK site?