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		lazide on Sept 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does thi... It isn’t even that per-se. It’s treatment of dividends as income vs long term capital gains. Very, very different tax rates and degree of flexibility re: when you’d get taxed.

AlbertCory on Sept 29, 2023 [–]

Right. And that leaves out that the company's already paid taxes on them.

lazide on Sept 30, 2023 | [–]

Correct, that is just the icing on top.

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