Of course the rate on the average person's dividends is less

Reader comment on: The Times on Taxing Dividends

Submitted by Lyle (United States), Jul 25, 2012 23:55

Consider that the dividend tax rate on 100k would for a married couple only be 25%. Now it was interesting that the Democratic proposal passed today would have raised the rate above 250k/200k to 20% on dividends, not taken it all the way to 39.6 at 388k

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