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Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)
Where do I get an ISA?
Can I have an ISA?
What are the different sorts of Individual Savings Account?
What is a CAT standard ISA?
The CAT standards
How do I choose an ISA Manager?
Switching from one ISA manager to another
How many ISAs can I have?
How much can I put into ISAs?
What are the tax benefits of an ISA?
I am under 18 - can I have an ISA?
Can I put money into an ISA for my child?
What happens if I die?
What happens if I go abroad?
What if I pay into too many ISAs?
What if I want to take my money out of an ISA?
What happens if I change my mind?
Can I put shares from my employee share scheme into my ISA?
Can I put windfall or inherited shares in my ISA?
Can I get reports and accounts of the companies in my stocks and shares ISA?
What can the cash component of an ISA include?
ISA Stocks & Shares Component
Cash - Stocks & Shares or Insurance Components
ISA Life Insurance components
Changes - 6 April 2005?
Affects of 6 April 2005 Changes
Further Information - Changes 6 April 2005
Which ISA component April 2005?
Continue Paying into an ISA
ISA Insurance Policy and ISA Unit Trusts
Mini Cash ISA - Cash Deposit Component
What if I have a complaint?

Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)

How many ISAs can I have?

There are limits on the number of ISA accounts you can subscribe to each tax year.

  • Up to 5 April 2005, you can only put money into either one Maxi ISA or up to three Mini ISAs - one each for cash, stocks and shares, and life insurance.

  • After 5 April 2005, you will only be able to put money into either one Maxi ISA or up to two Mini ISAs - one each for cash and stocks and shares, as life insurance is merging with stocks and shares.

But in different years, you could choose to save with different managers. There are no limits to the number of different ISAs you can hold over time.

You cannot put money, for example, into both a Maxi ISA and a Mini ISA in the same tax year, or into two Mini cash ISAs.

Do you currently subscribe to a life insurance Mini ISA and another type of Mini ISA?



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