scholarly journals Impact of Elimination of Dividend Distribution Tax on Indian Corporate Firms amid COVID Disruptions

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 413
Author(s):  
Anshu Agrawal

Economic fallouts from COVID-19 have been unprecedented across all industries, with a handful of exceptions. The present study attempts to capture the impact of dividend distribution tax elimination, introduced through the Indian Finance Act 2020, on corporate dividend behavior in India. It explores the determinants of dividend payouts, changing payout decisions, dividend behavior of regular payers, and the prevalence of factors associated with changing payouts. Out of the top 1000 firms, based on their market capitalization at the Bombay Stock Exchange, 509 non-financial firms pursuing consistent dividend payments from 2015 to 2019 are analyzed. The study also examines the dividend behavior of regular payers exhibiting a stable or step-up payout from 2015 to 2019. COVID’s impact on the firm’s financial performance and sentiments seems to dominate, suppressing investors’ expectations of enhanced payouts associated with dividend distribution tax advantages, with considerable reductions in payouts and omissions shown by regular and irregular payers in 2020 and 2021 vis-à-vis the preceding years. The findings signify that the dividend payouts of sample firms are positively associated with the firms’ size, MBV ratio, and past dividends, and negatively allied with free cash flows and the EBITDA margin. Regular payers are observed to be more sensitive to past dividends. The study lends credence to the conservatism and prevalence of signaling and catering theories in the dividend behavior of Indian corporate firms.

The prime objective of the current study is to determine the predictive ability to earnings before interest and tax, cash flow from operations, dividend payout, and capital expenditures for free cash flows. In addition to the current study is also intended to highlight the moderating role of dividend payout predictive ability to earnings before interest and tax, cash flow from operations, and capital expenditures for free cash flows. To achieve the objective of the study the data of 100 listed non-financial firms are collected from the annual report of the firms listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange. The data is collected over a period of six years from 2012-2017. To achieve the first set of objective regarding the direct results we have chosen OLS as a final statistical test after undergoing basic diagnostic analysis. To achieve the second set of objectives regarding the indirect effect of dividend payout, we have used the hierarchical multiple regression models.The statistical software, STATA is used for the analysis purpose. The findings of the study have shown a great deal of agreement with hypothesized results and also provided support to the pecking order theory and theory of free cash flow. The findings of the study will be helpful for policymakers, investors, scholars, and students in understanding the key factors which affect the free cash flow decisions and determine its predictability.


Author(s):  
Mary Donkor ◽  
Yusheng Kong ◽  
Stephen Kwadwo Antwi ◽  
Mohammed Musah ◽  
Florence Appiah Twum

Financial performance is one of the basic indicators that investors and creditors check in accessing the performance of firms. The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the impact of economic indicators on financial performance of quoted non-financial firms on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). The study focuses on the impact of RealGDP, Exchange rate, Inflation, Unemployment and Interest rate as determinant of economic indicators whereas Sales growth, Company size, Leverage and Efficiency from firms specific are used as controlled variables in checking the effect of these indicators on financial performance of these firms. ROA and ROE were used as proxies for financial performance of the listed firms. The study employed a panel data of 21 listed non-financial firms from the period of 2008 to 2017. The result revealed that Real GDP and inflation have significant positive impact on ROE. On the contrarily, economic indicators used for this study showed no level of significance with ROA. Company size recorded positive and negative significant impact on ROA and ROE respectively, sales growth and efficiency were statistically significant with ROA. The study recommends government and regulatory authorities to come out with good policies that will help boost the economic activities in the country and drop inflation rate since they have the tendency of affecting non-financial firms’ performance. Moreover, management must ensure full utilization of its internal resources by focusing on diversification and expansion since company size, efficiency and sales growth affect the return on assets and equity of firms. In addition, management should warily consider inflation rate when making financial decision due to its impact on financial performance.


2021 ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Nadhira .. ◽  
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Maha Saad Metawea

There are considerable arguments in favour of and against the positive relationship between free cash flows (FCF) and financial flexibility. The aim of the study is to determine the impact of free cash flows on the financial flexibility of the banks listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). The free cash flow will measure according to the model in Journal of Finance: Agency costs and ownership structure in 2000 and financial flexibility will determine using the financial leverage based on the model captured according to the Accounting Horizons Journal: Financial flexibility and investment decisions in 2007 . The population of the study is the banks listed in the CSE. The sample consists of 60 observations covering 12 banks for a period of over 05 years from 2015 to 2019. The panel regression model has been used to test hypotheses. The results indicate that there is a positive significant relationship between free cash flows and the financial flexibility of the banks listed in CSE.


2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-140
Author(s):  
Lindrianasari ◽  
Ahmad Zubaid Indra

This study aims to investigate the impact of the global crisis on the financial performance of banks in Indonesia. The study will also look at the impact of the crisis on the welfare of stakeholders in the form of dividend payments to shareholders. The initial assumption that we have built for this condition and for the explanation in the previous paragraph is that there is a difference between the payment of dividends to shareholders before and after the period of the global crisis. Proof of this assumption is also at the same time can give an answer to the resilience of the Indonesian economy during the global crisis. By using all populations banking companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange, this study compared the financial performance of the company before and after the next global crisis with its impact on the payment of dividends. This study shows that there is a significant decline in its net profit after the global crisis. But there is not enough result to support second hypotheses about decrease of share prices as an excessive market sentiment surrounding global crises. It looks at the stock price actually rose after the global crisis. Other conditions have been found in this study is that there is an increase dividends given to shareholders after the crisis. These findings shows that the banking sector in Indonesia has a fairly strong resilience in the face of the global crisis in 2008. This condition may occur due to the success of fiscal regulation of Indonesia Bank to save Indonesian economy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47
Author(s):  
Pradip Kumar Das

This study is an attempt to evaluate the impact of dividend policy on financial performance of selected companies registered in Bombay Stock Exchange. The study based on correlation matrix and panel regression model shows that the selected companies do not follow consistent pattern of dividend payments and the association between price earnings ratio and dividend payout ratio is low positive. However, there is strong association between return on assets and return on equity. Hausman Test reveals that random affect model is appropriate thereby indicating that performance of selected companies have momentous impact on dividend policy. Divided policy is still contemplated as one of the complicated areas in corporate finance. The findings from this study are worthwhile to be welcomed into account by the board of managers of companies to demonstrate dividend policy for the companies.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arief Hidayatullah Khamainy ◽  
Dessy Novitasari Laras Asih

The research was carried out to find the influence of training material and methods of training toward workability. The study was conducted respectively from an employee of PD BPR Bantul Yogyakarta. The purpose of this research is expected to be useful for stakeholders in seeing CSR disclosure in the company in testing and analyzing its effect on the company's financial performance and with the presence of anti-corruption exposure, whether it will strengthen the impact of CSR disclosure on the company's financial performance. The study population in this study were all mining companies registered on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2018 with a total of 63 companies. The research sample was taken using a random sampling technique that was calculated by the Slovin formula so that 54 samples were obtained for analysis. Linear Regression Analysis and Moderation Regression Analysis were chosen as the analysis technique used in this study. The results show that CSR disclosure does not affect the company's financial performance, and anti-corruption disclosure does not affect the relationship between the two.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3667
Author(s):  
Claudia Diana Sabău-Popa ◽  
Luminița Rus ◽  
Dana Simona Gherai ◽  
Codruța Mare ◽  
Ioan Gheorghe Țara

In this paper we analyzed the link between companies’ performance, in terms of cash and income, and the labor productivity or management rates, in case of the companies from the energy sector listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. We focused on the energy sector because of the impact that its expansion has on the evolution of economies around the world and because of its dynamics in the sense of gradually shifting to the use of energy from renewable sources. We have used panel regression models to analyze the operating cash flow and the profitability rates and the determination of a causal or dependency relationship with labor productivity or management rates. The results of this study show a significant negative correlation between operating cash flows and the average duration of stock rotation, and no correlation between productivity and the operating cash flow. Instead, the average duration of stock turnover does not at all influence the profitability rates, and productivity is always significant for the return on assets, ie forthe return on equitywith a positive coefficient, as expected. The gap between the average duration of payment of suppliers and the average duration of receivables does not significantly influence neither the cash flow nor the rates of return.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bashar K. Abu Khalaf

The different capital structure theories propose the possible asymmetric behavior of capital structure. Thus, this paper empirically investigates whether non-financial Jordanian firms follow symmetrical or asymmetrical adjustment model. Then, an interaction model with the size and profitability (firm characteristics) investigated the impact of low/high profit and small/large size on the adjustment of leverage towards the target leverage ratio. This paper covered the period of 14 years (2002-2015) for a total of 110 companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange (75 industrial and 35 services). Results indicate that although Jordanian firms seek a target leverage ratio, their adjustment towards that target is Asymmetrical and high profitable and large companies tend to adjust faster than low profitable and small size companies.


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