Wiltred Nadeau owns 400 shares of Consolidated Glue. The company's board of directors recently declared a cash dividend of 59 cents a share payable April 18 (a Wednesday) to shareholders of record on March 22 (a Thursday). a. How much in dividends, if any, will Wilfred receive if he sells his stock on March 21? b. Assume Wilfred decides to hold on to the stock rather than sell it. If he belongs to the company's dividend reinvestment plan, how many new shares of stock will he receive if the stock is currently trading at $31.20 and the plan offers a 4.8% discount on the share price of the stock? (Assume that all of Wilfred's dividends are diverted to the plan.) Will Wilfred have to pay any taxes on these dividends, given that he is taking them in stock rather than cash? a. The amount in dividends, if any, Wilfred will receive if he sells his stock on March 21 is $ (Round to the nearest dollar.) b. If he belongs to the company's dividend reinvestment plan and the stock is currently trading at $31.20 and the plan offers a 4.8% discount on the share price of the stock, the number of new shares he will receive is(Round to three decimal places.) Will Wilfred have to pay any taxes on these dividends, given that he is taking them in stock rather than cash? (Select the best answer below.) O A. Wilfred will have to pay taxes, since the dividend is treated as a cash dividend. The dividends are taxed at a higher, less preferential rate of 25% or O B. Wilfred will not have to pay taxes, since the dividend is treated as a stock dividend. Unlike cash dividends, reinvestment dividends are not taxed more until you actually sell the stock. C. Wilfred will have to pay taxes. Since it is not treated as a cash dividend, the dividends are taxed at a higher, less preferential rate of 25% or more 0 D. Wilfred will have to pay taxes, since the dividend is treated as a cash dividend. The dividends are taxed at a low, preferential rate of 15% or less. |