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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by ComodoHacker on Thursday June 30, 2016 @11:30AM (#12009212)
Monsters of such scale should be viewed from different points, including social responsibility.

BTW why do you bother as a shareholder, do you receive any dividends?

Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by zig on Thursday June 30, 2016 @11:45AM (#12009341)
It's very easy to look at Alphabet's financials and see that there are no preferred or common shareholder dividends. Since you haven't done that, I presume you are genuinely curious.

There are probably a lot of reasons that people invest in corporations that don't pay a dividend. The "most obvious" is that you believe the company is growing. The organization will reinvest in itself -- instead of paying you a dividend -- and increase share price to a degree greater than you would have gotten with a quarterly dividend.

Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by ComodoHacker on Thursday June 30, 2016 @12:10PM (#12009523)
Yes I haven't looked but I supposed there's no dividends, only growing shares value.
Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by spacehome on Thursday June 30, 2016 @11:39AM (#12009297)
I don't have the slightest idea if they pay dividends. I own Google shares indirectly via ownership of index funds.
Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by ComodoHacker on Thursday June 30, 2016 @12:01PM (#12009441)
Google shares will grow regardless of how much taxes they pay. But they may fluctuate if tax evasion scandal breaks.
Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by spacehome on Thursday June 30, 2016 @01:02PM (#12009951)
That's strawmanning my position. I would prefer they grow by 7.1% than 7%.