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To: Paul Senior who wrote (13245)	10/26/2001 11:58:44 AM
From: Brendan W	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78714

What makes you think a return of capital from a REIT within an IRA will be considered an IRA distribution that might be taxed? Do you have any references or citations? You wrote: >>> 3. Some REIT dividends include a significant component called "return of capital". Which means that that portion is not taxable if the REIT is held in a taxable account. But if the REIT is held in an IRA, you could be paying tax on that portion. (since everything that comes out of an IRA is taxable.) I'm saying it's possibly not an optimum decision to just simply place all high-dividend REITs in a non-taxable account. <<<