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The individual may receive dividend from a partnership, an estate, or a trust. More...
Is A High Or Low Dividend Yield Better ?
The profits of a company when it is made available for the distribution among its shareholders is called dividend. The economic soundness of a company is judged on the basis of the dividend paid by the company. It affects its goodwill among the shareholders and other investor community.More...
What Is Ordinary Dividends ?
Dividend tax is an income tax on dividend payments to the share holders of the company. In many countries the dividend income is taxed in the hands of the investor at the rate at which he is liable to pay tax. It is treated as ordinary income in the hands of the tax payers. More...
Why Dividend Policy Matters ?
The profits made by the company when used to distribute to its share holders is called dividend. The decision to distribute as dividend is taken by the board of directors in the board meeting while announcing the audited financial results of the company. This is made as proposal to be approved by the share holders in the annual general meeting of the company. Once the proposal is approved, the dividend payment is sent to all the share holders of the company. In a financial year if there are no profits, no dividend is paid. More...
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