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> Buybacks are just tax efficient dividends, and all of the hate against them is from people who don't realize this and haven't thought through the math

Or from people who do exactly realize this and have though through the math. I mean, its not like there is no reason why dividends tend to be taxed ...




So are LTGCs from the shareholders who sold. Someone is paying the capital gains tax; it’s just not the people who stayed invested.


well, that's not how it should work or is intended. if my monthly paycheck is 13k eur before taxes and i live of 5k easily, i cannot say, take only 5k and pay taxes on that and for the other 8k give me stocks untaxed, and i will probably pay some tax when i sell the stocks (and different rules applay).


This is exactly how pre-tax retirement account contributions work in the US (albeit with limits in the $15K-$56K/yr range, rather than ~$100K/yr).




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