0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
A corporation gives out its profits as dividends paid to its?
Stockholders
How do you declare dividends?
declared and paid a $900 dividend
Profits of a corporation that is distributed to its stockholders?
dividends
What is a distribution of earnings to the stockholders of a corporation?
Dividends
What are the distributions to shareholders by a corporation called?
Dividends
What forms can dividends take?
A corporate board of directors has the authority to declare and pay dividends in the form of cash or stock.
A corporation gives out some of its profits in dividends to whom?
stockholders
What is the primary use of a C corporation's profits?
to pay dividends
What is the term for the portion of a corporation's profits that are given to stockholders?
Dividends
When a corporation receives a dividend from another corporation how is it taxed?
Dividends are income to the receiving corporation. If it is a sub-chapter S corporation, it is income to the shareholders, as is any other income of the corporation.
Is it compulsory to pay dividends on common equity?
No it is not. Dividends are a means of sharing the profit of a company with the share holders of that company but it is not compulsory. Companies usually declare dividends when they have a good financial year and make solid profits. If the year went bad, the company may opt not to declare any dividend that year.
Why does a corporation sell shares of its business?
To get capital(money) to help it to grow.In exchange the shareholders benefit from this when the corporation pays dividends.
