Tax Drill Qualified Dividend Rule On December 1, 2017, Bigham Corporation pays a dividend of $4.00 on each share of its common shareholders, each own 5,000 shares of the stock. Vanessa has owned her stock for two years while Gena November 3, 2017. How does each shareholder treat the s20,000 dividend from Bigham? stock. Vanessa and Gena, two unrelated purchased her stock on and the $20,000 that Gena receives is The $20,000 that Vanessa receives is