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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.
-Using the available tax information for 2002,calculate the effective dividend tax rate for a:
(1)one-year individual investor
(2)buy and hold individual investor
(3)pension fund

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