Capital Gain Rates

Long term rates apply to gains from the sale of capital assets such as stock that you held for MORE than one year.
Long-term gains and qualified dividends are taxed at;
0% if taxable income falls in the 10% or 15% marginal tax brackets 15% if taxable income falls in the 25%, 28%, 33%, or 35% marginal tax brackets 20% if taxable income falls in the 39.6% marginal tax bracket 25% on Depreciation Recapture 28% on Collectibles 28% on qualified small business stock after exclusion

Short term capital gains are taxed at ordinary income rates.
However, you can offset short term capital gains with long term and short term capital losses and any capital losses carried over from previous years that you did not use.

The rate for Individuals whose other taxable income is in the 10% or 15% bracket pay no tax on their qualified dividend’s in 2013. The rate is 15% for Individuals whose other taxable income exceeds the 15% bracket and are in the 25% or 28% or 33% or 35% bracket. The rate is 20% for Individuals whose other taxable income is in the 39.6% bracket.