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The Short Answer

How Your Investment Income Is Taxed

A quick rundown of how the income produced by different investment types is treated at tax time.

Karen Wallace, CFP®

Nov 16, 2015

Note: This article is part of Morningstar's November 2015 Income Investing Week special report.

Question: Help! I have a hard time keeping track of the ways different income-producing investments are taxed.

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