The reform of dividend taxation always resembles the old woman who swallowed a fly .

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The reform of dividend taxation always resembles the old woman who swallowed a fly .

The company paying out dividends is required to withhold a capital gains tax of 20 percent and an additional 5. It's a matter of economic justice and sound economic policy. In addition, corporate income is hardly taxed the first time around. Tax! The next step is when some companies complain about the tax they pay in repatriating earnings from foreign subsidiaries, by the way. The history of the Federal income tax system in the US, from colonial times through the present, is a mirror reflecting the social, economic and political environment of the times.