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ETF Taxation

Payment in lieu is taxing you

Securities lending might mean paying more tax.

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Cartoon showing a payment in lieu replacing a qualified dividend with ordinary income through securities lending
Sequence diagram of short-seller borrowing shares and owing the lender a poorly-taxed “dividend”

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