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CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
+27 81 041 7673
training@eubiz.co.za
68 Sunstone Street, Germiston, 1401
eubiz.co.za
Directors & Company Secretarial

Dividends, Distributions and Solvency Testing

Duration
2 Days
Delivery
In-house, public or online
From
R10,000 per delegate
Certificate
On completion
Course overview

A payment to shareholders is lawful only if the company can still pay its debts afterwards, and the directors who approved it carry the consequences if it could not. This course covers the test, the paperwork and the liability.

What you will be able to do
  • Distinguish a dividend from other distributions
  • Apply the solvency and liquidity test in practice
  • Assemble the evidence a board decision needs
  • Draft the resolution and the records behind it
  • Account for and tax a distribution correctly
  • Recognise when a payment must be withheld or recovered
Who should attend
  • Directors approving payments to shareholders
  • Company secretaries and governance officers
  • Financial managers and accountants
  • Auditors and corporate advisers
Course outline
01
What counts as a distribution, beyond the ordinary dividend
02
The solvency and liquidity test, and the window it applies over
03
Evidence a board needs before it can rely on the test
04
The resolution, the minute and the record that must survive
05
Interim, final and scrip dividends, and shares bought back
06
Withholding tax, accounting entries and the shareholder register
07
When a distribution must be stopped, and recovery from directors
Upcoming public sessions
DatesVenueDurationFee per delegate
27 to 28 Oct 2026Cape Town2 DaysR10,000
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Johannesburg2 DaysR10,000
8 to 9 Dec 2026London2 DaysUS$1,100
11 to 12 Jan 2027Dubai2 DaysUS$1,100
8 to 9 Mar 2027Pretoria2 DaysR10,000
10 to 11 May 2027Durban2 DaysR10,000
12 to 13 Jul 2027Cape Town2 DaysR10,000
Fees exclude VAT. This course can also be delivered in-house at your premises on dates that suit your team, or live online.
To book or ask for an in-house quote

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