Investment and Finance

Employers can contribute up to a quarter of the salaries that each employee earns (25%)up to an annual maximum limit. For 2017, that maximum will be $54,000, up $1,000 from its 2016 level. That's the first rise in the SEP IRA limit since 2015,
For self-employed. the 25% refers to the self-employed worker's "net earnings" from the business. The net result of the math is that the 25% limitation on "net earnings" works out to 20% of your adjusted profit after the self-employment tax adjustment

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.

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

First $1,000 = no tax
Next $1,000 taxed at child's rate
Amounts over $2,000 taxed at parents marginal rate

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Middle East Stock Exchanges: Bahrain Bahrain Stock Exchange Iran Tehran Stock Exchange Iraq Iraq Stock Exchange Israel Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Jordan Amman Stock Exchange Kuwait Kuwait Stock Exchange Lebanon Beirut Stock Exchange Oman Muscat Securities Market Palestine National Authority Palestine Securities Exchange Qatar Doha Securities Market Saudi Arabia Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Dubai Financial Market Dubai Mercantile Exchange

India Stock Exchanges: Bombay Commodity Exchange (estwhile the Bombay Oilseeds and Oils Exchange) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) Cochin Stock Exchange Inter-Connected Stock Exchange of India (ISE) Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) National Stock Exchange of India (NCE) OTC Exchange of India (Exchange for Technology and Growth Stocks) Pune Stock Exchange (PSE)

African Stock Exchanges: Botswana Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) Egypt Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Ghana Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) Kenya Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) Malawi Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) Mauritius Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) Morocco Casablanca Stock Exchange (Bourse de Casablanca) Namibia Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) Nigeria Nigerian Stock Exchange South Africa Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) STRATE (Central Securities Depository (CSD) for the electronic settlement of all financial instruments in South Africa) Sudan Khartoum Stock Exchange (KSE) Swaziland Swaziland Stock Exchange (SSX) Tanzania Dar-Es-Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) Tunisia Bourse de Tunis (Tunis Stock Exchange) Uganda Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) West Africa Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (Regional Stock Exchange for West Africa) Zambia Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE)