Question: Halifax Pty Ltd has decided to pay a dividend. The board met, fixed the amount, time and method of payment for a dividend. Unfortunately though
Halifax Pty Ltd has decided to pay a dividend. The board met, fixed the amount, time and method of payment for a dividend. Unfortunately though Halifax Pty Ltd's liabilities now exceed its assets by $100,000 in the current year. The time that was fixed for payment of this dividend has not yet arrived
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A.Halifax Pty Ltd cannot go ahead and pay this dividend because it can only declare a dividend to be paid from profits
B.Halifax Pty Ltd, through its director Cecil, can revoke the decision to pay the dividend
C.Halifax Pty Ltd cannot alter its decision to pay a dividend because once declared the dividend is a debt of the company
D.Halifax Pty Ltd cannot declare a dividend because there is a minimum limit of assets that a company must retain and for Halifax Pty Ltd to pay a dividend now they would exceed this limit
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