Companies’ Last Tax Dodge of 2012: Paying Out December Dividends
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Ethan Allen was a businessman, a writer, and an American Revolutionary War hero. He’s generally portrayed as a patriot.
Can the same be said about Ethan Allen Interiors (ETH)?
The furniture retailer became the latest company to move up a quarterly distribution to December — a move that will help shareholders avoid inevitable tax increases on qualified payouts come 2013.
That’s not all. Ethan Allen on Monday also declared a special dividend of $0.41 a share that will be paid out in December,…
Companies’ Last Tax Dodge of 2012: Paying Out December Dividends originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-11-28T16:00:00Z.
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