Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 42

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 rather than dividends for all payouts.
• C) Firms that use dividends will have to pay a lower after-tax return to offer their investors the same pretax 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:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Expected Return

The anticipated return on an investment, taking into account the probabilities of each possible outcome.

Independent

Free from external control and constraint, or in finance, referring to analysis or advice that is unbiased by conflicts of interest.

Negatively Correlated

Negatively correlated refers to two variables moving in opposite directions; as one increases, the other decreases, and vice versa.