Gross Income - Section - Dividend Income

4 important questions on Gross Income - Section - Dividend Income

What determines the taxability of a dividend?

The amount of the company's earnings and profits:
  • Corporate earnings and profits → taxable dividend
  • No earnings and profits and taxpayer has basis in stock → nontaxable and reduces basis of stock
  • No earnings and profits and no stock basis → taxable capital gain income

What type of dividends are includable in gross income?

All dividends that represent distributions of a corporation's earnings and profits  are includable as taxable gross income.
  • For cash, the taxable amount is the consideration recevied
  • For property, the taxable amount is its fair market value

What items are excluded from gross income?

The following items are excluded from gross income:
  • a return of capital
  • a stock split
a stock dividend, unless the shareholder has the option to receive cash or other property
  • a life insurance dividend
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How are distributions by a corporation with no earnings and profits treated for a shareholder who has recovered their entire basis?

Distributions by a corporation that has no earnings and profits, and for which the shareholder has recovered his or her entire basis, are treated as taxable gross income.

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