You bought 400 shares of XYZ over a year ago at $84.00 per share. During the year, you received $3.25 in dividends per share. XYZ is now worth $88.00 per share. What is your pretax rate of return? If you’re in the 25 percent federal income tax bracket and your dividends and capital gains both qualify for taxation at the long-term capital gains tax rate (15%), what is your after-tax rate of return?
PreTax rate of return = [P1 +D - P0]/P0
=[88 + 3.25 -84] /84
= 7.25 / 84
= 8.63%
After tax rate of return : Pretax rate [1-Tax rate]
= 8.63 [1-.15]
= 7.34 %
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