Abstract:IN RECENT YEARS, there has been a great deal of discussion about eliminating the double taxation of dividends. Tax reform proposals for eliminating double taxation were proposed by the Ford administration and currently are being proposed by the Carter administration. With the present tax system, the investor pays personal income taxes on cash dividends distributed to him and, in addition, his portion of the total earnings of the company is subject to the corporate tax rate. Thus, unlike other sources of income… Show more
“…This particular analytical result, which is equivalent to that obtained by Modigliani and Miller (1963), was presented at last year's AFA meetings by Litzenberger and Van Horne (1978), who characterize it correctly as the result which obtains when “the firm's future total external financings are held constant” (p. 741).…”
supporting
confidence: 64%
“…The valuation formulas are based on a complete‐market model of security market equilibrium where income with different tax classifications is taxed at different personal tax rates. The particular model used here is similar to those in Scott (1978), Brennan (1970), and Litzenberger and Van Horne (1978). What follows is a brief argument showing how personal taxes affect valuation relationships.…”
“…This particular analytical result, which is equivalent to that obtained by Modigliani and Miller (1963), was presented at last year's AFA meetings by Litzenberger and Van Horne (1978), who characterize it correctly as the result which obtains when “the firm's future total external financings are held constant” (p. 741).…”
supporting
confidence: 64%
“…The valuation formulas are based on a complete‐market model of security market equilibrium where income with different tax classifications is taxed at different personal tax rates. The particular model used here is similar to those in Scott (1978), Brennan (1970), and Litzenberger and Van Horne (1978). What follows is a brief argument showing how personal taxes affect valuation relationships.…”
“…A necessary condition for a positive aggregate demand for dividends is that since only then will the after personal tax yield on dividends be greater than or equal to that on debt. (Litzenberger‐Van Horne (1978, fn 10) make this same point.) But, from ASR, implies a zero aggregate supply of dividends.…”
“…Subsequent to Miller's paper, several authors have attempted to reexamine and extend his model. These authors include [9], [29], [27], [20], [22], and [8].…”
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