A 🧵 with the evidence:
A 🧵 with the evidence:
Let's start with a "spot the difference" competition. Here's a dividend announcement from Quidnet. And here's one from another REIT, Glenstone.
Let's start with a "spot the difference" competition. Here's a dividend announcement from Quidnet. And here's one from another REIT, Glenstone.
Highlands REIT also owns the Sherman Plaza property.
Highlands REIT also owns the Sherman Plaza property.
I'd expect Richard Tice to know it. I'd certainly expect his advisers to know it. It's a google search away.
I'd expect Richard Tice to know it. I'd certainly expect his advisers to know it. It's a google search away.
*AVALONBAY, EQUITY RESIDENTIAL SAID TO NEAR MEGA-REIT TIE UP
*AVALONBAY, EQUITY RESIDENTIAL SAID TO NEAR MEGA-REIT TIE UP
From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't.
A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:
From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't.
A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:
🎵"Geddapp, stendapp
Stendapp vor juhr reit
Geddapp, stendapp
Dohnt giff app de feit
Geddapp, stendapp
Stendapp vor juhr reit
Geddapp, stendapp
Dohnt giff app de feit"🎶
🎵"Geddapp, stendapp
Stendapp vor juhr reit
Geddapp, stendapp
Dohnt giff app de feit
Geddapp, stendapp
Stendapp vor juhr reit
Geddapp, stendapp
Dohnt giff app de feit"🎶
But the price was that the four "Tisun" companies holding shares in Quidnet REIT had to pay tax on their dividends. They didn't.
(here's the accounts from one of them)
But the price was that the four "Tisun" companies holding shares in Quidnet REIT had to pay tax on their dividends. They didn't.
(here's the accounts from one of them)
gonna keep an eye on this one.
gonna keep an eye on this one.
This was a really basic mistake. Everyone in REIT world knows that REIT distributions are taxed - it's not some point only the tax nerds know
That means HMRC are likely to assess penalties for carelessness
This was a really basic mistake. Everyone in REIT world knows that REIT distributions are taxed - it's not some point only the tax nerds know
That means HMRC are likely to assess penalties for carelessness
Just as an employer is required to withhold PAYE tax from wages, a REIT is required to withhold 20% income tax (20%) from its dividends, and pay it to HMRC.
Just as an employer is required to withhold PAYE tax from wages, a REIT is required to withhold 20% income tax (20%) from its dividends, and pay it to HMRC.
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”