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lotyrin on Dec 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The World's Dumbest Idea: Maximizing Shareholder V...

When it comes to taxes on lower incomes and dividends, an earner in the US under $36,900/year has a qualified dividend tax rate of 0%. (From what I understand, at least)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualified_dividend#cite_ref-4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_schedule_(federal_income_t...

Animats on Dec 7, 2014 [–]

Few people with incomes under $36K a year own significant amounts of stock, except maybe some retirees.

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