Interim Dividend can be paid out of which of the following? 

Interim Dividend Board of Directors of a company may declare interim dividend during any financial year or at any time during the period from closure of financial year till holding of the annual general meeting  Interim dividend can be paid out of  • surplus in the profit and loss account or  • profits of the financial year for which such interim dividend is sought to be declared or  • profits generated in the financial year till the quarter preceding the date of declaration of the interim dividend