With tax reform back on the agenda, the future of dividend imputation remains uncertain. Allowed in Australia since 1987, dividend imputation ensures companies and shareholders don’t end up paying tax ...

While the ALP is right to draw attention to the flaws inherent in the current dividend imputation system, its plan to abolish cash refunds to an estimated 1.2 million Australians has the potential to ...

You’re forgiven for being confused. Newspapers need to economise on words. Television and radio reporters need to economise on seconds. So they use shorthand: words like “dividend imputation”, ...

Although great for domestic shareholders and small business owners, dividend imputation penalises Australian investment abroad and foreign investment in Australia. Globalisation has made openness to ...

The refunds, introduced by the Howard government, see money paid to those whose marginal income tax rate is lower than the rate of company tax paid on dividends from shares they own. The vast majority ...

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