Common stock dividend distributable

What is the Common Stock Dividend Distributable?

A common stock dividend distributable is a dividend payable to the holders of a corporation’s common stock that has been declared by the entity’s board of directors , but not yet paid. Once declared, this amount is classified as a liability of the corporation .

An alternative definition is that this is a dividend payable in the corporation’s common stock, rather than in cash.

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