An example of a flight data recorder; the underwater locator beacon is the small cylinder on the far right. (Translation of warning message in French: FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN) The warning appears in English on the other side.
1 Long-term gains are treated much better. 2  Long-term gains are taxed at 15% or 20% except for taxpayers in the 10% or 15%t bracket. 3  For low-bracket taxpayers, the long-term capital gains rate is 0%. 4  There are exceptions, of course, since this is tax law:.
Long-term capital gains are preferable to ordinary income (the way your gain is characterized if you exercise and sell your stock within less than one year) because you could pay a much lower tax rate (23.8% long term capital gain federal tax rate vs. 43.4% maximum marginal ordinary income federal tax rate).