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You are a shareholder in a C corporation. The corporation earns $36 per share before taxes. Once it has paid taxes it will distribute the rest of its earnings to you as a dividend. The corporate tax rate is 25% and the personal tax rate on dividend income is 42% . How much is left for you after all taxes are paid?
Earnings before taxes | 36 |
(-) Corporate tax @25% | 9 |
Net income [ All distributed as dividend ] | 27 |
Amount of dividend left after all taxes = Dividend*(1- Personal Tax%) = 27*(1-42%) | 15.66 |