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Overview of Financial Management

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Classical vs. Imputation System: The classical tax system is arguably the easiest type of taxation to an extent that it's internationally neutral (Terra & Wattel, 2008, p.105). In this tax system, foreign profits, dividends and shareholders are treated in the same way as domestic profits, shareholders, and dividends. The classical tax system is where a company pays taxes on its taxable income since it's considered separate taxpayer legal entity ("Advantages and Disadvantages", n.d.). The dividends paid by a firm to shareholders are taxable to the shareholders as property income. Some of the countries within the OECD region that use the classical tax system include the United States and the Netherlands. The tax imputation system basically attributes or imputes to shareholders a credit for the tax the company suffers on its income. The imputation system has similar deductibility effect to the classical system and therefore treats interests and dividends alike. From an international perspective, tax imputation systems are not neutral since incoming cross-border dividends and outgoing cross-border dividends are not taxed in the same way as domestic dividends. Some of the countries that use tax imputation system include Australia, France, Britain, and other countries in Europe. Generally, the classical tax system and the imputation tax system are different and involve the use of different taxation processes. One of the main differences between the two systems is that unlike

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