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I'm a UK citizen. Some time ago, I worked for a company based in New Zealand. The company went public on NZX and I ended up with some shares.

I have never been to New Zealand and don't have any bank accounts, etc. outside of the UK. I've looked at some UK based trading platforms/stock brokers, but they don't seem to offer the ability to trade shares listed on NZX.

How would I go about selling these shares? Also, would I be liable to pay tax in NZ?

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    How do you hold these shares if not for a broker? As actual paper certificates?
    – Vality
    Commented Aug 20, 2019 at 22:24
  • Do you mean that you had shares in the company before it went public? Or did you have options for stock that you exercised when it went public? Who did you communicate with about that?
    – hmakholm left over Monica
    Commented Aug 21, 2019 at 0:40
  • You shouldn't be liable for any tax, as there's no capital gains tax in New Zealand.
    – Rupert Morrish
    Commented Aug 21, 2019 at 4:01
  • These are "normal" shares allocated when the company went public (not previously held prior to that). I have a "Common Shareholder Number" and "Faster Identification Number".
    – Matt
    Commented Aug 21, 2019 at 8:20
  • did you check if the company offers any trading option or allows to transfer shares ?
    – Abs
    Commented Sep 30, 2019 at 20:44

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Unfortunately the UK taxes you on "world income". So even if you don't pay tax in NZ, the uk as a tax resident will be asking for their cut.

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Computershare nz has a share selling service for non nz residents. Buying the shares seems impossible though

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