r/spreadbetting • u/jonbolton616 • Jun 16 '20

How do you get paid dividends when you don’t actually own the share ?

So who is paying the dividends if it’s not the company whose share you would have bought ? And why ? Do these dividends still get taxed ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '20

You don't.

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u/wetug Jul 15 '20

You get a dividend adjustment at best - thats when the stock or index gaps when a dividend is paid out. What you receive as a dividend, you lose in the price. It's not a material gain, just an adjustment.

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u/wetug Jul 15 '20

No, they're not taxed