As incentive for people to buy stock in that particular company
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.
Corporations pay income taxes on their profits, and stockholders pay taxes on their dividends.
Stocks that pay dividends are a stream of income for common stock holders. Dividends are paid out either quarterly or yearly. The level of dividend is determined by the company as an incentive to purchase stock.
Dividends provide income to the owners of the stock.
Dividends are deducted of the retained earnings which is part of the contributed capital and that must be done according to the dividends policy The dividend policy of a firm relates to management's propensity to distribute earnings to stockholders.
Income funds
Income funds
Income Fund...
A decrease in a firm's willingness to pay dividends is likely to result from an increase in its profitable investment opportunities. A dividend is a payment made by a corporation to its stockholders. It is a usually a distribution of profit.
pays dividends at regular times during the year
Income Stocks
Pay dividends to its stockholders, pay salaries to its employees, pay taxes to various governments, make charitable donations, and invest some of it in company projects ... pretty much the same thing as any other company, really.