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Are they not? I thought qualified dividends (that is, dividends on stocks that have been held long enough to qualify for long-term capital gains) are taxed at t
by wrigby 5y ago
Are they not? I thought qualified dividends (that is, dividends on stocks that have been held long enough to qualify for long-term capital gains) are taxed at the long-term capital gains rate.
- freeone3000 5y agoYou still have the one year of dividends taxed at the short-term rate, since dividends are taxed on disbursement whereas capital gains is only taxed on stock sale.
- toast0 5y agoDividends are taxable at the time of distribution; the price effects of a buyback are taxable when shares are sold [1], and delayed taxes are preferable to immediate taxes. [1] unless the holder has elected for trader tax treatment, in which case shares are marked to market at the end of the tax year