DrPhrogg wrote:
Only if we make profit from investment into ordinary income. Correct me if I am wrong, but corporations can write off business expenses, such as materials, personnel, capital improvements, etc. Dividends should be taxed as income. Investment is a form of business for profit. (at least in theory)
Corporations do not make a profit. Money made is kept in holding until it is spent. People profit from taking money from corporations and pay taxes on it as income.
Investments are what people put into a company expecting some kind of a return greater than what they put in and pay tax on the net profit.