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John Moffat.
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- December 17, 2020 at 12:53 pm #600187
sir cumulative- irredeemable preference shares are considered as a debt, right? With their interest cost(or rather dividend payment) is tax-deductible ?
and what about non-cumulative preference shares, debt or equity?
December 17, 2020 at 2:15 pm #600193It makes no difference whether the preference shares are cumulative or not.
Irredeemable preference shares are treated as equity in financial accounts.
Redeemable preference shares are treated as non-current liabilities, and the dividend is teated as a finance costs.
In neither case are the dividends tax allowable.
This all financial accounts rather than AFM.
December 19, 2020 at 2:40 am #600267sir but in case of redeemable preference shares which are treated as non-current liabilities, won’t the dividends be similar to interest costs and hence tax deductible?
December 19, 2020 at 7:20 am #600281No.
How we show the dividends for financial accounts purposes does not change the tax laws. Dividends on preference shares are not tax allowable.
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