Word: dividenders
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Mutual fund taxes. Heaping insult on injury, many investors owe 1998 tax on capital gains recorded by their mutual funds, even if those funds lost money. More than 30% of stock funds were down through November, and 11% of those--including such popular funds as Heartland Value, Lindner Dividend, Brandywine and Templeton Growth--also distributed a taxable capital gain to shareholders, says fund-research company Wiesenberger. Tip: taxable distributions typically result from rapid-fire trading. This year, look for funds with a low turnover rate, something less than 100%. Stock index funds are among the most tax efficient. And never...
...next few weeks brand names like Home Depot and Compaq, with the help of a firm called Stockpower, will start selling stock directly from their websites, offering cut-rate commissions and low minimum purchases. And for more info on the old-fashioned form of low-cost, direct stock buying, dividend-reinvestment plans, check out www.dripcentral.com...
...amendment to the state constitution would tie state legislators' base pay to the median household income in Massachusetts. 2 This law would establish a voluntary campaign spending limits that would reward participating candidates with state funds. 3 This law would reduce the state income tax rate on interest and dividend income. 4 The law--currently in effect--restructured the electric utility industry. A no vote would undo the changes. 5 Should the state representative vote for removal of a nuclear reactor on Albany Street? 6 Should the state representative vote for legislation stimulating increased production and availability of affordable housing...
...vote on Question 3 will reduce the so-called 12 percent tax, a levy on personal income from dividend and interest gains. The new rate would be tied to the state's income tax, currently 5.95 percent of wages and salaries...
Opponents of the measure say that few Massachusetts voters will be affected by the tax rate change, claiming "nearly three quarters of Massachusetts taxpayers have no dividend income and would get nothing from...