spope33[at]speedymail.org (Steve=A0Pope) asked:

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"Qualified" Dividends are taxed at a special 15% rate (5%
for low income TPs). That must be what they are referring
to.

Obviously, the value to investors is a lower rate of taxes
due. The calculation comes either on a worksheet found in
your instruction booklet, or on page two of Schedule D.

The key entry is a subset of Dividend Income -- Line 9b on
2004 Form 1040. Computer programs will pick that up and
spit out either the worksheet or Schedule D, with the proper
calculations.

Bill

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spope33[at]speedymail.org (Steve Pope) writes:

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It means that dividends from that security are
so-called "qualified dividends" and thus bear
a federal income tax rate of no more than 15%.

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Relative to what? Bonds? Probably. Other stocks?
Probably not, since almost all corporate dividends
qualify for 15% treatment.

--
Rich Carreiro rlcarr[at]animato.arlington.ma.us

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"Steve Pope" <spope33[at]speedymail.org> wrote:

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I assume it means that the dividends would be "qualified"
and receive the benefit of the reduced income tax rate. To
be sure what it means, ask the marketer.

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All sorts of things influence investors. If my assumption
is correct, this stock isn't different from most others, and
I'd be looking at performance and financial aspects of the
company rather than tax treatment of its dividends.

--
Phil Marti
Clarksburg, MD

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What exactly would it mean if a security is marketed as
receving "15% dividend tax rate" treatment?

Does this increase its value to individual investors?

Thanks

Steve

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