The simple definition of
Qualified dividends means income from corporations that meet a specific criterion like incorporated in the US or in a country that has a tax treaty with the US, stocks owned more than 60 days prior to the ex-dividend date, etc etc..
Not exact matches
For taxpayers in the top four tax brackets, this
means the tax rate on long - term capital gains and
qualified dividends will be 15 percent through December 31, 2010.
«Financing Conversion Securities»
means securities with identical rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions as the
Qualified Financing Securities issued to new investors in a
Qualified Financing, other than (A) the per share liquidation preference, which will be equal to (i) the Note Conversion Price at which this Note is converted, multiplied by (ii) any liquidation preference multiple granted to the
Qualified Financing Securities (i.e., 1X, 2X, etc. of the purchase price), (B) the conversion price for purposes of price - based anti-dilution protection, which will equal the Note Conversion Price, and (C) the basis for any
dividend rights, which will be based on the Note Conversion Price.
@Juve: there is no worksheet in the question, but if you
mean the QDCGW referenced in Dilip's answer and linked in BrenBarn's answer, worksheet line 3 «Enter the smaller of line 15 or line 16 of schedule D [but not less than zero]» is long - term gain net of short - term loss, which (plus
qualified dividends and adjusted for for 4952 if used) is the amount taxed at lower rates.
You can earn
dividends with just one
qualifying product, such as a checking account, a mortgage, a car loan or a credit card; but if you grow your financial relationships with us, you're contributing to our collective success - which
means you'll have more opportunities to earn higher cash
dividends.
Out of our $ 8,000 in
dividend income, $ 5,500 were «
qualified dividends» that are tax free if you are in the 15 % tax bracket or less (in 2013, that
means $ 72,500 or less taxable income).
The fact that 50 % of the income is excluded effectively
means that all these types of investment income are taxed at half the ordinary income tax rates, which would
mean capital gains (and
qualified dividend, and interest) tax rates of 6 %, 12.5 %, and 16.5 %.
This
means the beneficiary would still receive a death benefit, and for
qualifying policies, cash value would continue to grow, and
dividends would still be paid out.