Foreign Withholding: a 30% daylight robbery?

By | March 20, 2006

Do you get taxed for foreign withholding rate at 30%? I do.

It’s killed my dividends. Still 6-7% is better than nothing. Wink

I own
GE
MRK
JPM
and some bond funds
ACG
NCV
NCZ
PTY

all of which pay decent dividends…

I just get clobbered by the 30% withholding tax. Seems unfair, but I can’t figure out how to legally avoid this tax.

I’m looking at some ways to restructure the ownership via Hong Kong or some other legal offshore that has favorable tax rates, but for the amount of money, it’s just not worth the extra hassle at the moment.

Kenneth