Not exact matches
However there is an interesting specialty with regard to
dividends in Australia: They want to avoid double taxation of corporate profits and therefore every Australian holder of Australian stocks receives so called «
Franking credits» when an Australian company
pays dividends.
Tatts said it would
pay shareholders a fully
franked special
dividend of 12 cents per share immediately prior to the implementation of the scheme.
The panel said shareholders had been confused about the value of Saputo's offer by two
franked dividends WCB had planned to
pay shareholders — but which were subsequently withdrawn — under a previous Saputo offer.
The 20 cents sweetener replaces a confusing offer of two
franked special
dividends worth a combined $ 1.31 WCB proposed to
pay shareholders under the previous $ 9 a share offer agreed with Saputo.
In the Saputo - WCB matter, the withdrawal of two very complex fully
franked special
dividends WCB planned to
pay under its agreed bid with the Canadian company caused rival bidders Murray Goulburn and Bega Cheese to appeal to the Panel.
Murray Goulburn said it still wished to «explore the potential» of WCB
paying special
dividends under its revised offer in order to deliver
franking credit benefits to some shareholders.
Franking credits generally occur for shareholders when certain Australian - resident companies
pay income tax on their taxable income and distribute their after - tax profits by
franked dividends.
Because an LIC has a company structure, they usually
pay a fully
franked dividend.
Atypically, Yahoo appears to show a grossed - up
dividend (i.e. the
dividend, adjusted for
franking credits) rather than the actual
dividend paid to a shareholder.
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) actually
paid a $ 2
dividend, fully
franked.
The introduction of
dividend imputation in 1987 removed the double taxation of
dividends, with tax - resident Australian companies receiving a «
franking credit» for tax
paid at prevailing corporate tax rates.
Paying this to shareholders as a fully
franked dividend would see the share price trade materially higher.
But as a part owner of Australian listed companies, receive it as fully
franked dividends and I will
pay a flat 30 % tax.
I think few would be INSANE enough to structure their asset allocation within their super / allocated pension to be invested 100 % into Australian companies that
pay fully
franked dividends.
If the income is from «
franked»
dividends - that is,
dividends paid by an Australian company out of profits on which it has already
paid tax - it will come with a credit for the tax already
paid, called an «imputation credit».
It
paid a fully -
franked dividend of 31 cents per share at a 95 % payout ratio.
Telstra
pays a large, fully
franked dividend but historically
paid out almost 100 % of its earnings — occasionally, it's payout ratio has exceeded 100 % — something I loath to see on a regular basis.
It
paid 94 % of earnings to shareholders as a fully
franked 28 cps
dividend.
These arrangements concern us because they are intended to shield
dividend income at a low or zero rate of tax, rather than «top - up» tax being
paid at the individual shareholder's marginal rate, and the fund being entitled to a refund of
franking credits.
«
Franked»
dividends are
dividends paid by an Australian company out of profits it has already
paid tax on.
Financial adviser Jamie Pomeroy of Financial Gusto says this should all start with communication: «Sitting down with your child and having a clear and
frank conversation about who's
paying for what, can
pay huge
dividends.»