Michael Murray's top ten tips for finding handsome dividends

My ten top tips for finding companies that will pay out handsome dividends

Knowing how to assess dividend sustainability is important

If an investor is looking for income growth from a portfolio, then knowing how to assess dividend sustainability is important.

The obvious place to accumulate dividends is within a personal pension fund tax-free. Investing outside one gets hit at an investor’s top marginal tax rate plus USC plus PRSI at 4 per cent – bringing the total take by the state – even post budget – to more than 50 per cent.

But ...