# Moving shares from invest account to the ISA without having to sell the shares **URL:** \ **Category:** 💡 Feature suggestions & ideas\ **Created:** [November 11, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/moving-shares-from-invest-account-to-the-isa-without-having-to-sell-the-shares/52669 "2021-11-11T10:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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Hi @new.one Unfortunately the regulations set out by HMRC do not allow for this. You can only transfer cash in and out of your ISA. It’s to ensure that people crystallise their realised gains/losses and pay the appropriate taxes prior to topping up their ISA contributions or least that is my understanding. @Richard.W perhaps we should include this in the tax sticky? > [@FAQ for Tax in the United Kingdom](https://community.trading212.com/t/faq-for-tax-in-the-united-kingdom/48024): > > FAQ for Tax in the United Kingdom The UK tax year has just ended, 5 April 2023. So this is a good time to talk about taxes on investments as they affect those of us using Trading 212. Some information about ISAs is also here. Taxes on dividends and capital gains in the year 6 April 2022 - 5 April 2023 need to be computed and paid by 31 January 2024. There is already a lot of information about UK tax in our community forum. However, this short FAQ may help to bring a lot of information into one… Reference: > **[Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)](https://www.gov.uk/individual-savings-accounts/how-isas-work)** > > Types of ISA available, the tax-free ISA allowance, withdrawing money and transferring ISAs > You cannot transfer any non-ISA shares you already own into an ISA --- _[View the full topic](https://community.trading212.com/t/moving-shares-from-invest-account-to-the-isa-without-having-to-sell-the-shares/52669)._