sandyh2001in
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Can someone please explain, if below example to calculate Dividend distributions makes sense?
Assume , 47771 Eur left in a limited company as Profit.
You pay 12.5 % as Corp tax leaving 41800 eur
This if distributed as dividend, will attract Dividend Withholding tax at 20 percent, resulting in a payment of 33400 eur to Director.(DWT tax paid by company = 8400)
Assuming Directors income is ZERO from all other sources for that year (so that these Dividends form his only income), what kind of tax is to be paid on the dividend income?
A) Will this be 20 percent (because Director has no other income)
0.2 * 33400 = 6680
Director gets credit for the tax already paid by company as Divident Withholding tax, so essentially gets a credit of 8400.
NET = 6680 - 8400 = -1720 (Refund of tax)
NET payment = 33400 + 1720 = 35120 EUR
OR
B) Will this be 41 percent
0.41 * 33400 = 13694 eur
Director gets credit for the tax already paid by company as Divident Withholding tax, so essentially gets a credit of 8400.
So NET tax = 13694 - 8400 = 5294
NET payment = 33400 - 13694 (marginal income tax) + 8400 (credit for DWT) = 28106 EUR
(Not considering PRSI/USC, for sake of calculation)
Im asking as the Revenue website says this:
Dividend Withholding Tax at the standard rate of income tax applies to dividend payments and other distributions made by an Irish resident company , with some exceptions. Irish individual shareholders are taxable on the gross dividend at their marginal rate of tax but are entitled to a credit for the tax withheld by the company paying the dividend and to a refund of the balance where the withheld tax exceeds their tax liability.
Assume , 47771 Eur left in a limited company as Profit.
You pay 12.5 % as Corp tax leaving 41800 eur
This if distributed as dividend, will attract Dividend Withholding tax at 20 percent, resulting in a payment of 33400 eur to Director.(DWT tax paid by company = 8400)
Assuming Directors income is ZERO from all other sources for that year (so that these Dividends form his only income), what kind of tax is to be paid on the dividend income?
A) Will this be 20 percent (because Director has no other income)
0.2 * 33400 = 6680
Director gets credit for the tax already paid by company as Divident Withholding tax, so essentially gets a credit of 8400.
NET = 6680 - 8400 = -1720 (Refund of tax)
NET payment = 33400 + 1720 = 35120 EUR
OR
B) Will this be 41 percent
0.41 * 33400 = 13694 eur
Director gets credit for the tax already paid by company as Divident Withholding tax, so essentially gets a credit of 8400.
So NET tax = 13694 - 8400 = 5294
NET payment = 33400 - 13694 (marginal income tax) + 8400 (credit for DWT) = 28106 EUR
(Not considering PRSI/USC, for sake of calculation)
Im asking as the Revenue website says this:
Dividend Withholding Tax at the standard rate of income tax applies to dividend payments and other distributions made by an Irish resident company , with some exceptions. Irish individual shareholders are taxable on the gross dividend at their marginal rate of tax but are entitled to a credit for the tax withheld by the company paying the dividend and to a refund of the balance where the withheld tax exceeds their tax liability.