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Dividends are considered investment income instead of business income. You might pay slightly less personal tax on dividends than on a salary, since you receive a dividend tax credit that you can help lower your overall tax owing.

The short answer for business owners is that for basic rate taxpayers, paying dividends is nearly always the better option, regardless of changes in the Corporation Tax (CT) rate the company pays. This is because dividends do not attract NICs and offer tax advantages for lower rate taxpayers.

Qualified dividends are taxed at 0%, 15% or 20%. Nonqualified dividend are taxed at ordinary tax rates. A 1099-DIV helps taxpayers to accurately report dividend income to the IRS.

For most businesses however, the best way to minimize your tax liability is to pay yourself as an employee with a designated salary. This allows you to only pay self-employment taxes on the salary you gave yourself ? rather than the entire business' income.

With a salary, when you file your tax return, you will have already paid the income tax and avoided any surprise tax bills. This differs with dividends since income tax is not withheld and remitted, although you should expect to pay taxes to the Government.

The recommendations I've seen about income levels and incorporating is if you're earning $100,000 or more after business expenses, then it may make financial sense to incorporate, most especially if you don't actually need all that money to live off of.

You may be able to avoid all income taxes on dividends if your income is low enough to qualify for zero capital gains if you invest in a Roth retirement account or buy dividend stocks in a tax-advantaged education account.