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Q: Who can declare a dividend for a corporation?
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How do you declare dividends?

declared and paid a $900 dividend


What is a cash payment from a corporation's profit?

dividend.


What is a capital dividend?

A capital dividend is a special dividend paid to shareholders of a corporation out of capital gains income produced from the sale of property.


Who is guaranteed a dividend in a corporation?

preferred stock holder...


When does a corporation record a dividend related liability?

on a declaration date


What is interium dividend?

Interim Dividend: Companies can pay dividend at the end of financial year which is called final dividend but sometimes companies declare two dividends one in the middle of the financial years that dividend is called interim dividend and then one at the end of the financial year which is called final dividend.


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.


What does the size of the dividend per share of stock depend on?

the corporation's profits


What is the effect of a stock dividend on a corporation's stockholders'equity accounts?

The stock Dividend is more or less profit sharing. When a dividend paying company is profitable they pass along those profits to the shareholders in the form of a dividend check.


How are earnings per share distributed?

The board of directors of a corporation may, but doeas not have to, declare that a portion of earnings be distributed to shareholders in form of dividend. If you have a brokarage account, the declared amount (usually quarterly) will be transfered without you having to do anything.


What is dividend signaling theory?

This refers to the idea that the price of a dividend (a corporate payment made by a corporation to its shareholders) signals positive future performance of the company.


What are the economic and accounting effects of dividend transactions in a corporation?

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