MANAGEMENT

BUISENESS MANAGEMENT

LEGAL ISSUES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In a corporation, all profits go to ____
A
reduce the surplus
B
the owners and the shareholders
C
the stockholders as salaries
D
the partners according to the terms of the agreement
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A corporation conducts business, realizes net income or loss, pays taxes and distributes profits to shareholders. The profit of a corporation is taxed to the corporation when earned, and then is taxed to the shareholders when distributed as dividends. This creates a double tax.

Detailed explanation-2: -If your business is a corporation, then all of its profits essentially belong to the shareholders. You may pass along some of that profit directly as dividends, but most companies will reinvest a big chunk of their profits into the business itself. That’s how a company grows.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dividends are payments made by a corporation to one or more of its shareholders with respect to its stock. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders. The distribution by the corporation must be in the ordinary course of the corporation’s business.

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