A corporation declares a dividend of $3.00 on Tuesday, December 6th. The record date is set at Friday, December 30th, with the dividend payable on January 6th. Based on this information, the ex date is set at December 28th. For the recipient of the dividend, the "tax event" occurs on:
StatusA A. December 6th
StatusB B. December 26th
StatusC C. December 30th
StatusD D. January 6th