Putting aside his mistaken belief that his voters are «Aussie Battlers» - when in fact they are hard - working small business owners and contractors, many of whom
receive franked dividends from their business endeavors — it's worth looking at what all the fuss is about... Continue...
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.
Organisations
receiving a
dividend from a New Zealand (NZ) company with Australian
franking credits attached to it will be able to obtain a refund of those Australian
franking credits.
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.
Tax credit passed on to shareholders who
receive partially or fully
franked dividends.
But as a part owner of Australian listed companies,
receive it as fully
franked dividends and I will pay a flat 30 % tax.
Holders of self - funding instalment warrants
receive dividends and
franking credits from the underlying shares.
It's a bit like a lay - by, except you get all the benefits of owning the shares from day one, such as
receiving dividends and
franking credits.