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A dividend that is taxed at a lower tax rate, because it follows a given set of specifications. The qualifications include that it must have been paid by an American company, or a company from another country on the qualified list, it must not be on the IRS's list of non-qualifying dividends, and it has fulfilled the required holding period.

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