This paper analyzes whether a dividend tax cut for owner-managers of closely held corporations encourages income …, and self-employed. We find robust evidence of extensive income shifting across tax bases in response to the 2006 dividend … total income. Instead, they relabel earned income as dividend income. The income shifting effect is stronger for owner …

tax rates on individual dividend income from zero to 28 percent. We document strong timing effects on dividend payout on a … corporations' debt-equity ratios. The debt ratios drop sharply after the implementation of the reform. -- Neutral dividend tax …

payout channel and are rather sticky. Choice of payout channel and level of payout are affected by dividend and wage taxation …