Moncton Meats is a corporation that earned $3 per share before it paid any taxes. The firm retained $1 of after-tax earnings for reinvestment, and distributed what remained in dividend payments. You hold 20,000 shares of Moncton Meats in a tax-free savings account. If the corporate tax rate was 30% and dividend earnings were taxed at 20%, what was the value of your dividend earnings received after all taxes are paid?

Moncton Meats is a corporation that earned $3 per share before it paid any taxes. The firm retained $1 of after-tax earnings for reinvestment, and distributed what remained in dividend payments. You hold 20,000 shares of Moncton Meats in a tax-free savings account. If the corporate tax rate was 30% and dividend earnings were taxed at 20%, what was the value of your dividend earnings received after all taxes are paid?

CONCEPTS IN FED.TAX.,2020-W/ACCESS

20th Edition

ISBN:9780357110362

Author:Murphy

Publisher:Murphy

Chapter14: Choice Of Business Entity—operations And Distributions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 50P

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