January 21, 2017. 1  WASHINGTON (AP) â Pledging emphatically to empower America's forgotten men and women, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday, taking command of a riven nation facing an unpredictable era under his assertive but untested leadership.
These are taxed at what is known as the qualified dividend tax rate, which is 5% or 15% depending upon the income tax bracket into which the investor falls. For investors with personal income tax brackets of 25% or higher, they will pay a 15% dividend tax on their qualified dividends.
Here are the IRS's dividend tax rates on dividend income. Source: Flickr user Alan Cleaver. This article was originally published on June 11, 2015 and was updated on Mar. 20, 2016 to include 2016 dividend tax rates.