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No they are considered earnings to be paid to stockholders.
Retained Earnings is decreased by a loss for the year or dividends paid to stockholders.
Dividends for preferred stockholders are often stated in advance and do not tend to fluctuate as much as those for common stock.
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Profits paid to stockholders are called dividends.
stockholders
No they are considered earnings to be paid to stockholders.
That is called "dividends".
corporations must pay taxes on their incomes, profit is a form of income, and a dividend is a portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders, and stockholders must pay personal income tax on those dividends.
Paid dividends
Corporate Owners are the stockholders. They are paid by either dividends or by increases in the stock price.
Retained Earnings is decreased by a loss for the year or dividends paid to stockholders.
The portion corporate profits paid out of stockholders is A dividend is quarterly payment to stockholders of record, as a return on investment. Dividends may be in cash, stock, or property, and are declared from operating surplus. If there is no surplus, the payment is considered a return on capital. Dividend payments are, in effect, taxed twice-once when corporate profits are taxed and again when the dividend is received by a taxpaying stockholder. The corporate profits paid out to stockholders is called dividends.
Dividends for preferred stockholders are often stated in advance and do not tend to fluctuate as much as those for common stock.
dividend paid belongs to financing activities in cash flow statement as dividend is paid to stockholders who invests in company.