Invest for success with an IG share dealing or Smart Portfolio ISA
Manage your own investments with a stocks and shares ISA, or let our experts do it for you with an IG Smart Portfolio.
Your capital is at risk.
Your capital is at risk.
Your capital is at risk.
How to invest in an IG stocks and shares ISA
You can either select your own investments in a share dealing ISA,
or you can let our experts make the decisions on your behalf with an IG Smart Portfolio ISA.
Share dealing ISA
Open an IG ISA to invest at the same great commission rates as our share dealing account, but without paying capital gains tax on your profits.
- Choose your investments from over 13,000+ global stocks and ETFs
- Get competitive FX conversion fees at just 0.5%
- Invest in UK shares for as little as £3 commission1 See our fees in full
IG Smart Portfolio ISA
Open an IG Smart Portfolio and select ISA to add a tax-free wrapper to your fully managed portfolio.
- Get an expertly built portfolio that’s right for your risk profile
- See how your portfolio’s constructed and how it’s performing at any time
- Low management fees, with no hidden charges2 See our fees in full
As our share dealing ISA and IG Smart Portfolio ISA are counted as a single stocks and shares ISA, you can invest up to £20,000 between them in 2022/23.3
Why choose IG for your share dealing ISA?
Low commissions
Pay £0 on US shares if you place three or more trades in the previous calendar month. And just £3 per trade on UK shares.1
Huge choice of investments
Take your pick from 13,000+ global shares, funds and investment trusts.
Out-of-hours dealing
Invest in over 70 key US stocks, including Meta, Apple and Tesla, while the main session is closed.4
Fast, reliable platform
Seize your opportunity on the UK’s best web-based platform and mobile trading app.5
Insights and ideas
Build up your knowledge and find investment opportunities with daily commentary from our expert analysts.
Insights and ideas
Build up your knowledge and find investment opportunities with daily commentary from our expert analysts.
How to set up your IG ISA
Share dealing ISA
- Choose ‘share dealing’ on the application form
- Log in to the My IG dashboard
- Click 'add another account', then select 'add ISA'
IG Smart Portfolio ISA
- Choose ‘IG Smart Portfolio’ on the application form
- Select 'ISA' as the wrapper for your investment
- Complete the risk questionnaire and we’ll help you find the right IG Smart Portfolio ISA for your risk profile
How to start investing in an IG share dealing ISA
Apply to open an IG share dealing ISA or transfer your existing investments to IG today.
- Open a share dealing account
- Log in to your account dashboard in My IG
- Click ‘add another account’ and then select ‘add ISA’
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1 Invest up to £20,000 in an ISA in 2022/23 without incurring capital gains or income tax. Tax laws are subject to change and depend on individual circumstances. Tax law may differ in a jurisdiction other than the UK.
2 Place 3+ trades on UK shares in the previous month to qualify for a £3 commission rate. Please note published rates are valid up to £25,000 notional value. See our full list of share dealing charges and fees.
3 A custody fee of £24 is charged per calendar quarter if you hold investments in an ISA at the end of the quarter unless you fulfil certain conditions. Please see our share dealing charges and fees for more details.
4 Physical share dematerialisation fee is £100 (inclusive of VAT) per certificate. Electronic shares are transferred free of charge. IG SIPPs are administered by James Hay, who charge a £205 annual fee and may charge for transferring investments not currently held in a SIPP. You may be out of the market for a period while your transfer takes place.
If you’re a UK resident over the age of 18, you’ll have a tax-free ISA allowance of £20,000 during the 2022/23 tax year.3 You can invest all of this in a stocks and shares ISA, split it between a stocks and shares ISA and a cash ISA, or invest it all in a cash ISA.
If you invest in a stocks and shares ISA, any profits you make will be free from capital gains tax. There’s also no tax to pay on any income from dividends, even if you’re a higher- or additional-rate tax payer. Outside of an ISA, you'd only get a £5000 tax-free dividend income allowance – anything above that and higher- and additional-rate taxpayers would pay 25% and 30.56% respectively.
At IG we offer two types of stocks and shares ISA. With our share dealing ISA you can invest in 13,000+ global shares and ETFs – making your own investment decisions to try and generate positive returns. With an IG Smart Portfolio ISA, our experts will manage a globally diversified ETF portfolio on your behalf, in a way that suits your risk profile. We build IG Smart Portfolios exclusively with ETFs, as their low cost and transparent nature make them the ideal building blocks for a risk-controlled investment portfolio.
Yes. You can easily transfer an existing stocks and shares or cash ISA held with another provider to us. Your ISA will retain its remaining allowance and tax benefits,3 and there are no hidden charges from us for transferring.6 Find out how to transfer an existing ISA into our share dealing ISA.
ISA rules state that you can only pay into a single stocks and shares ISA each tax year. You are free to open an additional ISA with a different provider each new tax year, but can only pay money into one.
With IG, you can invest in a single stocks and shares ISA via two separate account types: share dealing and/or an IG Smart Portfolio. This means that if it suits your investment strategy to do so, you can open an IG Smart Portfolio and share dealing account in the same tax year and split your annual ISA allowance between them.
No, we don’t currently offer junior ISAs.
Yes, we’ve offered flexible ISAs via our online platform since April 2016. Open an account to get started, or find out more on our Help and Support site.
1 Trade in your share dealing account three or more times in the previous month to qualify for our best commission rates. Please note published rates are valid up to £25,000 notional value. See our full list of share dealing charges and fees.
2 A custody fee of £24 is charged per calendar quarter if you hold investments in an ISA at the end of the quarter unless you fulfil certain conditions. Please see our share dealing charges and fees for more details.
3 Invest up to £20,000 in an ISA in 2022/23 without incurring capital gains or income tax. Tax laws are subject to change and depend on individual circumstances. Tax law may differ in a jurisdiction other than the UK.
4 12pm to 10:30pm Monday to Thursday, and 12 to 10pm Friday (UK time).
5 Best trading platform as awarded at the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2021 and Professional Trader Awards 2019. Best trading app as awarded at the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2021.
6 Physical share dematerialisation fee is £100 (inclusive of VAT) per certificate. Electronic shares are transferred free of charge. IG SIPPs are administered by James Hay, who charge a £205 annual fee and may charge for transferring investments not currently held in a SIPP. You may be out of the market for a period while your transfer takes place.
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