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Hero Ltd, started a new venture of making casual shirts. The directors decided to issue 5,000,00 shares of Rs. 10 each at Rs. 12 each. The following assets were purchased by the company

A building of Rs. 10 lakhs

Furniture of Rs. 7 lakhs

Machinery of Rs. 2 lakhs

The company purchased cloth of Rs. 20 lakhs and paid wages Rs. 5,00,000 to the workers. The Directors also decided to buy 10,000 shares of TATA Ltd. of Rs. 10 each and at the end of the year Tata Ltd. Paid Rs. 10,000 as dividend

Dividend paid by TATA Ltd. is which activity for the company?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

From the point of view of the paying company (TATA Ltd.), dividend paid represents a return given to equity shareholders on capital supplied by them. It is therefore classified as a cash outflow from financing activities in the Cash Flow Statement.

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