Re:Fed Prints Another $205B This Week, M2 Growing at Fastest...
by throw0101a on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:01AM
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> Buybacks and dividends are not equivalent, buybacks are tax advantaged in ways that dividends are not.
[citation needed; location specific]
Here in Canada both capital gains and dividends of Canadian companies have special tax treatments.
Also remember: in both cases the money leaving the company are profits, which are (should be?) taxed at the corporate tax rate. So the government should be/is getting a cut already. The recipient of the money (either buyback or dividend) is then getting taxed again(?) potentially.
[citation needed; location specific]
Here in Canada both capital gains and dividends of Canadian companies have special tax treatments.
Also remember: in both cases the money leaving the company are profits, which are (should be?) taxed at the corporate tax rate. So the government should be/is getting a cut already. The recipient of the money (either buyback or dividend) is then getting taxed again(?) potentially.