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by bob_theslob646 3040 days ago
The funny thing about that is like the press, the IRS does not care about anything you said either
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Sure they do. Retiree dividends are mostly taxed at a lower rate than W-2 income. A business sale may be a capital gain instead of income (I'm not sure).

For better or worse, taxes are applied differently to different kinds of income in the US.

With passthrough entities they do now...