Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 2Q
How would each of the following changes tend to affect aggregate payout ratios (that is, the average for all corporations), other things held constant? Explain your answers.
- a. An increase in the personal income tax rate
- b. A liberalization of
depreciation for federal income tax purposes–that is, faster tax write-offs - c. A rise in interest rates
- d. An increase in corporate profits
- e. A decline in investment opportunities
- f. Permission for corporations to deduct dividends for tax purposes as they now do interest charges
- g. A change in the Tax Code so that both realized and unrealized
capital gains in any year were taxed at the same rate as dividends
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