| 21. | Retained earnings from the general insurance business will also be transferred to the new company.
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| 22. | Dividends paid are not classified as an expense, but rather a deduction of retained earnings.
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| 23. | The dividend will cost about $ 149.7 million and will be paid entirely from retained earnings.
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| 24. | I understand that from an accounting point of view, it decreases retained earnings, and increases shareholders'equity.
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| 25. | Southern currently has $ 2.9 billion invested in such businesses, 77 percent of its retained earnings.
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| 26. | Third, high dividend taxes reduce the incentive to pay out dividends in favor of retained earnings.
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| 27. | The latter represented a return on total equity employed plus previously retained earnings of 18.2 %.
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| 28. | The net loss or gain in this account transfers to Retained Earnings, which is a permanent account.
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| 29. | Analysts and investors criticized the accounting move, saying CS Holding had used retained earnings to polish results.
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| 30. | In 2000, under the old accounting method, Dell posted retained earnings of $ 1 . 26 billion.
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