The current stock price of a company is $100 a share. This company announces a dividend of $5 a share. On ex-dividend day the stock price drops $4 to $96 a share. If the tax rate on dividends, D, is 30%, what is the implied tax rate on capital gains, G? You are a tax-exempt institution, and you plan to sell 100 shares (that you already own) of this stock; would you sell them cum- or ex-dividend?

The current stock price of a company is $100 a share. This company announces a dividend of $5 a share. On ex-dividend day the stock price drops $4 to $96 a share. If the tax rate on dividends, D, is 30%, what is the implied tax rate on capital gains, G? You are a tax-exempt institution, and you plan to sell 100 shares (that you already own) of this stock; would you sell them cum- or ex-dividend?

Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)

13th Edition

ISBN:9781337395083

Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Publisher:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Chapter18: Initial Public Offerings, Investment Banking, And Capital Formation

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