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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive – why not automate them? by wrigby on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:31PM (#26944489)
Are they not? I thought qualified dividends (that is, dividends on stocks that have been held long enough to qualify for long-term capital gains) are taxed at the long-term capital gains rate.
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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive – why not automate them? by toast0 on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:28PM (#26945274)
Dividends are taxable at the time of distribution; the price effects of a buyback are taxable when shares are sold [1], and delayed taxes are preferable to immediate taxes.

[1] unless the holder has elected for trader tax treatment, in which case shares are marked to market at the end of the tax year

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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive – why not automate them? by freeone3000 on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:58PM (#26944884)
You still have the one year of dividends taxed at the short-term rate, since dividends are taxed on disbursement whereas capital gains is only taxed on stock sale.
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