You are a consultant that has been hired to recommend a payout policy for UBT Corp. UBT's shareholders are almost all buy and hold individual investors as well as one-year individual investors. No shareholder of UBT owns more than 20% of all outstanding shares. You have compiled a table with the current tax rates that different types of investors might face (see below). With the information provided, how would you recommend that UBT structure its payout policy? Assume that taxes are the only market imperfection.Select the best answer.

Tax Rates for Different Investor Types

Qustion 1 5 points Save Answer You are a consultant that has been hired to recommend a payout policyfor UBT Corp. UBT's shareholders are almost all buy and hold individual investors as well as oneyear individual investors. No shareholder of UBT owns more than 20% of all outstanding shares. You have compiled a table with the current tax rates that different types of investors might face (see below). With the information provided, how would you recommend that UBT structure its payout policy? Assume that taxes are the only market imperfection. Select the best answer. Tax Rates for Different Investor Types Investor Type Tax Rate on Dividends Tax Rate on Capital Gains Buy and hold individual investor 20% 0% One-year individual investor 20% 20% Pension fund 0% 0% Corporation with less than 20% ownership 10.5% 21% O I. The rm should only use dividends. 0 II. The rm should only repurchase shares. 0 III. The rm should pay dividends and repurchase shares in equal amounts. 0 IV. How the firm structures its payout policy is irrelevant because investors are indifferent between dividends and repurchases