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The Individual Savings Account is a product of Great Britain. The money that may be deposited into the Individual Savings Account has already been taxed, so it is granted tax-free status. As the money in an Individual Savings Account increases, it is not subject to capital gains taxes either when it is in the account or after it has been withdrawn.
Types of Investments Held in Individual Savings AccountsPeople may deposit cash into this type of account. Investors may also purchase stocks for their Individual Savings Accounts. If there is less than a five percent chance that the money can be lost in these types of investments, investors are required to place the money in their cash Individual Savings Accounts instead. Other types of financial instruments that can be held in Individual Savings Accounts include government bonds, corporate bonds and Eurobonds. The requirement for these bonds is that they have at least five years before they will mature.
Restrictions for Opening Individual Savings AccountsThe Individual Savings Account is not a financial instrument for people who live outside of the United Kingdom; those who are going to open this type of account must be residents of the UK. The Individual Savings Account is attractive to people in countries other than the UK because of the great tax benefits described above. On top of what has already been written here, the money from an Individual Savings Account is not required to be reported on income tax returns.
Those Brits who opened their Individual Savings Accounts while living in the UK may continue to enjoy the tax benefits for that account but if they move out of the country for a time, they may not make deposits into this account. During their absence, the account can be left intact receiving interest without being taxed. After the owners have moved back into the country they may resume making deposits again.
Individual Savings Accounts offer investors great tax advantages which would make them a financial instrument that would interest a lot of people who looking for a tax-free place to put their money. But unless they are residents of the United Kingdom, these people will have to look elsewhere.
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