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This category contains articles related to dividends, or the distribution of profit by a company to its shareholders. Pages in category "Dividends" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
In India, a company declaring or distributing dividends is required to pay a Corporate Dividend Tax in addition to the tax levied on their income. The dividend received by the shareholders is then exempt in their hands. Dividend-paying firms in India fell from 24 percent in 2001 to almost 19 percent in 2009 before rising to 19 percent in 2010. [17]
Sigma-Aldrich (SIAL) was removed from the list due to its acquisition by Merck Group. In 2014, Bemis (BMS) was removed from the S&P 500 index and therefore removed from the index. In 2013, Pitney Bowes (PBI) was removed after slashing the dividend from 37.5c to 18.75c per quarter per share. In 2012, CenturyLink (CTL) was removed from the index.
In the beginning of income tax history, dividends paid to shareholders were exempt from taxation, as such tax was considered a form or double taxation on money earned by companies and subject to corporate tax. Currently, in most jurisdictions, dividends from corporations are treated as a type of income and taxed accordingly at the individual level.