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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.brighthub.comhttp://www.brighthub.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Accounting &amp; Business Finance</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/office/finance.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><item><title>The Effects of Debt Interest and Dividends on Taxes</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/office/finance/articles/18709.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:05:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:18709</guid><dc:creator>johng</dc:creator><description>Debt interest paid to creditors and dividends paid to stockholders are treated differently from a tax perspective. This difference has a significant impact on the choices managers must make to finance a corporation. Corporations finance operations through two major methods. Debt is the borrowing of money to be paid back with interest over the life ...</description></item><item><title>Triple Taxation: Corporate Ownership of Other Companies</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/office/finance/articles/18710.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:30:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:18710</guid><dc:creator>johng</dc:creator><description>To avoid Triple Taxation, most of the dividends received by corporations are not taxed. Read on to learn important taxation information for investors. Although corporations enjoy four main advantages over other organizational forms , one disadvantage is double taxation. Since corporations are considered entities like a person, they may own property...</description></item><item><title>Corporate Tax Laws and Improper Accumulation of Income</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/office/finance/articles/16835.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:14:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:16835</guid><dc:creator>johng</dc:creator><description>Current tax laws do not allow a corporation to accumulate large sums of retained earnings in lieu of distributing dividends. Doing so incurs a tax penalty. A dividend is a share of corporate earnings distributed to shareholders on a regular basis. Shareholders typically report this income on personal income tax. However, a corporation that holds on...</description></item></channel></rss>