consent dividend
Definition
Undistributed dividend retained by the company as retained earnings with stockholders' consent for the purpose of decreasing the company's corporate tax liability while increasing the stockholders' tax liability and company share price.
Use consent dividend in a sentence
“ You should try and figure out the best way to use a consent dividend to your advantage to make future profits. ”
“ Ashton was looking to capitalize on the consent dividend, but he realized that he was not in a very good position to collect on it at the moment. ”
“ My brother's startup company was able to reduce its tax liability for the year by issuing a consent dividend that applied to his personal taxes rather than the company's. ”
