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Q: Is cash paid to stockholders a dividend?
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Do Dividends paid belong in the operating section of the satement of cash flows?

dividend paid belongs to financing activities in cash flow statement as dividend is paid to stockholders who invests in company.


What is the treatment of proposed dividend?

A dividend is a stockhder's share of the profits from the company. This is paid pro-rata to the stockholders in either cash or more shares.


What is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders called?

The portion corporate profits paid out of stockholders is A dividend is quarterly payment to stockholders of record, as a return on investment. Dividends may be in cash, stock, or property, and are declared from operating surplus. If there is no surplus, the payment is considered a return on capital. Dividend payments are, in effect, taxed twice-once when corporate profits are taxed and again when the dividend is received by a taxpaying stockholder. The corporate profits paid out to stockholders is called dividends.


How do cash dividends affect stockholders equity and how would a stock dividend affect stockholders equity?

They do not.


What is a divedend?

A dividend is a portion of the companies profits paid to it's Stockholders.


How do you post paid a cash dividend in accounting?

[Debit] Dividend xxxx [credit] cash / bank xxxx


When a cash dividend is declared it would affect the balance sheet but not the statement of cash flows?

dividend will affect the cash flow when actual cash is paid and not at the time of declaration of dividend.


Cash dividend decleared 40000 what is impact of cash flow?

In Cash flow under the financing activities shown as dividend paid.


What would decrease stockholders' equity?

expenses paid with cash


Where do dividends on the financial statements?

Dividends are reported on the income statement?


What is the journal entry for paid dividend s?

Debit dividend payableCredit cash /bank


Is the cash dividend paid asset or liability?

is an asset