Replies to post #137027 on MultiCorp International Inc (MCIC)

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Tax Rate on Short-Term Capital Gains
Capital gain income from assets held one year or less is taxed at the ordinary income tax rates in effect for the year, ranging from 10% to 35%.
Tax Rate on Long-Term Capital Gains
Capital gain income from assets held longer than one year are generally taxed at a special long-term capital gains rate. The rate that applies depends on which ordinary income tax bracket you fall under.
•Zero percent rate if your total income (including capital gain income) places you in the ten or fifteen percent tax brackets.
•15% rate if your total income (including capital gain income) places you in the twenty-five percent tax bracket or higher.

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Planning Ahead for 2013
The special tax rates on long-term gains and qualified dividends will expire on December 31, 2012. Starting 2013, the tax rate on long-term gains will be 20% (or 10% if a taxpayer is in the fifteen percent tax bracket). Also starting in 2013, the distinction between ordinary and qualified dividends will disappear, and all dividends will be subject to the ordinary tax rates.
Also beginning in 2013, capital gain income will be subject to an additional 3.8% Medicare tax.