In most countries interest payments are tax-deductible but dividend payments are not.

大部分国家，利息支付是免税的，但是红利支付并不免税。

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The 9 per cent interest rate, which is line with that paid by UBS in its recent issue, represents a 5 percentage point after tax premium to its dividend.

摩根士丹利支付给中投公司的年利率为9%（与瑞银近期发行的证券利率一致），与其税后股息相比有5个百分点的溢价。

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For the first time since 1957, the dividend yield on the Standard &Poor's 500-stock index (3.3%) exceeds the interest yield on 10-year Treasuries (2.2%).

因为自1957年以来， 在标准普尔500支股票目录中的分红收益率（3.3%）均高于10年国债的收益率（2.2%）。

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Companies should be allowed to deduct dividend payments from their taxable income just like interest payments are deductible, and there should be one flat tax rate for interest and dividend income.

FORBES: Tax Code Rewards Debt, Penalizes Dividends

You collected no interest or dividend over ten years, and lost close to 70 percent of the principal!

FORBES: Markets Trash Three Investment Cliches

Under the Conservative proposals, they will continue to pay existing rates of tax on both interest and dividend income.

ECONOMIST: Tax cuts