{"id":1023,"date":"2019-07-26T16:11:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T15:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2023-01-09T17:14:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:14:28","slug":"claim-vct-tax-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/investor-capital-gains-tax-returns\/claim-vct-tax-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"How to claim your VCT tax relief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you invest in a VCT fund, you can receive 30% income tax relief plus tax-free <a href=\"\/en-uk\/glossary\/dividends\/\">dividends<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how you do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Documents you need to have<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After you buy your VCT shares, you should receive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A VCT share certificate<\/strong>: you will need this when you sell your VCT shares<\/li><li><strong>A VCT tax certificate<\/strong>: you will need this to claim your relief<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tax in 10(ish) seconds - what is tax-efficiency?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/93RKUoFKaXM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you need to do next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019re filing your annual Self Assessment go to the \u201cother tax reliefs\u201d section on your&nbsp;<a href=\"\/en-uk\/glossary\/sa101\/\">Additional Information (SA101) pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter the total amount invested on section 2 of that page:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-07-26-at-16.10.03.png\" width=\"629\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-07-26-at-16.10.03-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-07-26-at-16.10.03.png 629w\" class=\"wp-block-image__media\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1000px) 768px, calc(100vw - 48px)\" alt=\"claim VCT tax relief\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Of course, we at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/\">Taxfix<\/a>&nbsp;are happy to take care of this for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you invest in a VCT fund, you can receive 30% income tax relief plus tax-free dividends.&nbsp; Here is how you do it. Documents you need to have After you buy your VCT shares, you should receive: A VCT share certificate: you will need this when you sell your VCT shares A VCT tax certificate: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[458,462],"tags":[416,418],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investor-capital-gains-tax-returns","category-tax-efficiency","tag-benefits-reliefs-grants","tag-invest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to claim your VCT tax relief &#8211; Taxfix<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When you invest in a VCT fund, you can receive 30% income tax relief plus tax-free dividends. 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