Guy Fieri and the lead singer of Smash Mouth are the same person. shared Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's event. Â· August 10, 2015 Â· If you live in Northern California, come to this.
In the United States, it's pretty simple. If you receive a dividend from a foreign company, typically it's going to be characterized as a qualified dividend, taxed at 15% or 20%, if it's in a taxable account, and then tax-deferred if it's in an IRA or a 401(k) plan, or something like that.
Generally, any dividend that is paid out from a common or preferred stock is an ordinary dividend unless otherwise stated. Qualified dividends are dividends that meet the requirements to be taxed as capital gains. Under current law, qualified dividends are taxed at a 20%, 15%, or 0% rate, depending on your tax bracket.