The Tax On Dividends : Speculation on How Taxation Changes Might Affect Investor Strategies
- Topics:
- Dividends
- Tags:
- Dividend,
- Finance,
- Financial Accounting,
- Financial Planning,
- Investor,
- Strategy,
- Tax
- Source:
- Greycourt & Co.
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Overview: Speculation has heightened that the Bush administration will seek to reduce or eliminate the double taxation of dividends paid on corporate stocks. While the form and substance of such a policy are yet unclear it would, if enacted, impact private client portfolios in several significant ways. Most obviously, reducing or eliminating the taxes levied on dividends would improve equities’ after-tax total returns relative to other non-affected asset classes such as bonds or alternative assets. This paper focuses on dividends.
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Format: PDF | Size: 1,138KB | Date: Jan 2003 | Pages: 8
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