Capital gains are taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income such as salary and wages. Currently the top rate on most capital gains is 15% while the top rate on salary and wages is 35%, according to a research report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In addition taxes on capital gains …
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Foreign utilities trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are listed below with with their Year-To-Date(YTD) performance and current dividend yields: [TABLE=1070] Disclosure: Long KEP, VE
Canada has the most competitive corporate tax rate now among the G-7 countries. The marginal effective tax rate in Canada at 19.9% is now the lowest among the G-7 countries and the 20th most tax-competitive in the 34-member OECD, according to a research report by Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz of The School of Public Policy, University of …
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One of the major impacts of Globalization in the past few decades is that large companies have become truly global and no longer depend on one country or territory to do business.The strong growth of Multi-National Companies (MNCs) confirms this phenomenon. American MNCs, for example, have established production facilities overseas and employ millions of workers …