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question 12

Multiple Choice

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Consider the following tax rates: *The current tax rates are set to expire after 2025 unless Congress extends them.The tax rates shown are for financial assets held for one year.For assets held less than one year,capital gains are taxed at the ordinary income tax rate (currently 37% for the highest bracket) ;the same is true for dividends if the assets are held for less than 61 days.
-The effective dividend tax rate for a one-year individual investor in 1999 was closest to:

• A)0%.
• B)20%.
• C)25%.
• D)40%.

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Definitions:

Probability Distribution

A function or rule that assigns probabilities to each value of a random variable, showing how probabilities are distributed over its possible values.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space if these events happen with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Occurrences

Instances or examples of something happening; events that take place.

Specified Interval

A defined range or period, often set for a particular purpose or task, indicating the precise limits within which something operates or occurs.