Friday, August 19, 2011

Following Through on Budget, State Will Close Seven Prisons - NYTimes.com

Following Through on Budget, State Will Close Seven Prisons - NYTimes.com

Foreign Dividends Qualifying for Capital Gains Treatment

The IRS has updated the list of countries with which the U.S. has a tax treaty allowing for the treatment of dividends to be treated as qualifying dividends taxed at capital gains rates.  The qualifying countries are: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Venezuela.  IRS Notice 2003-69