We use panel data for 1,218 UK industrial and commercial companies between 1970 and 1990 to investigate whether dividends are affected by taxes. Cross-section variation in the tax cost of paying dividends results from surplus advance corporation tax (ACT) affecting some firms during this period....

A study investigated the effect of the higher tax cost of paying dividends for firms in the surplus advance corporation tax (ACT) position. If taxes do have a significant influence on dividend choices, then it would not be unreasonable to expect a firm moving into a surplus ACT position to...

The tax treatment of company dividend payments is an area where corporate taxation interacts with the personal income tax. This interaction raises some awkward issues, such as whether shareholders who are exempt from personal income tax should also be exempt from corporation tax, and if so, then...

Double taxation of company dividends is reduced in the UK by a partial imputation system of corporation tax, which was introduced in 1973. Payments of advance corporation tax (ACT) charged on dividend distributions can normally be offset against the firm's corporation tax liability. However, for...