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Originally Posted by DaFace
You do get taxed on growth in a standard brokerage account, but the tax rate on that growth is less than your normal income tax rate.
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Not necessarily. If you've owned the stock less than a year, it is ordinary income. Looks like dividends are taxed the same.
Pretty good breakdown here.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2016...-for-2017.aspx