Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A) When a firm pays a dividend, shareholders are taxed according to the dividend tax rate. If the firm repurchases shares instead, and shareholders sell shares to create a homemade dividend, the homemade dividend will be taxed according to the capital gains tax rate.
• B) When the tax rate on dividends exceeds the tax rate on capital gains, shareholders will pay lower taxes if a firm uses share repurchases for all payouts rather than dividends.
• C) Firms that use dividends will have to pay a lower after-tax return to offer their investors the same pre-tax return as firms that use share repurchases.
• D) The optimal dividend policy when the dividend tax rate exceeds the capital gain tax rate is to pay no dividends at all.

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Definitions:

ATC

Average Total Cost, which is the total cost of production (including both fixed and variable costs) divided by the number of units produced.

AVC

stands for Average Variable Cost, which is the total variable cost divided by the quantity of output produced.

MC

Marginal Cost, the increase in total cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a good or service.

AVC

Average Variable Cost, the variable cost per unit of output.