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Re:Alphabet overtakes Apple to become most cash-rich company by _delirium on Friday August 02, 2019 @02:03PM (#20595160)
True for ordinary dividends, but almost all stock dividends meet the criteria to be treated as qualified dividends, taxed at capital gain rates. For example, in Vanguard's S&P 500 index fund, about 98% of dividends are qualified [1]. Of commonly traded classes of stocks, only real-estate funds mostly pay out ordinary dividends.

[1] https://advisors.vanguard.com/VGApp/iip/advisor/csa/investme...

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Re:Alphabet overtakes Apple to become most cash-rich company by jjeaff on Friday August 02, 2019 @05:25PM (#20596783)
But you are forgetting the fact that the corporation will have to pay corporate income tax on that money before they can use it to pay your dividend.
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Re:Alphabet overtakes Apple to become most cash-rich company by wahern on Saturday August 03, 2019 @12:47AM (#20598731)
That's true, regardless. They paid tax earning that $100M. What they do after is irrelevant, as neither dividends nor buybacks are tax deductible.
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Re:Alphabet overtakes Apple to become most cash-rich company by jjeaff on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:40AM (#20672734)
No, they didn't necessarily pay tax earning that 100m. See double irish sandwich and other modern tax avoidance strategies allowing companies like apple to hold infinite amounts of cash in overseas accounts tax free.
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