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Big businesses who give shareholders tax credits pay more tax: study

Written by Roman Lanis, Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney

Businesses who pay dividends to shareholders with tax credits attached pay more tax, new research finds. This occurs because of dividend imputation whereby shareholders get a credit for corporate tax the business pays, on the dividends they receive.

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