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To: IRWIN JAMES FRANKEL who wrote (109058)	7/10/2012 10:11:28 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 118717

You are mixing two concepts. Holding period plays no role in taxation of dividends. Really? I thought if you held a stock for more than one year the subsequent dividends might be "qualified dividends", and thus taxed at the long term capital gains rate. No? So, forgetting mREITs for a bit.....what is it that make some dividends qualified and thus taxed at 15% while others are regular and thus taxed as ordinary income?