Even though qualified dividends and long-term capital gain do receive preferential tax treatment, but they are part of your taxable income. With the added qualified dividends and capital gain, now you have more taxable income taxed at your marginal rate (22%), that is possibly why you see your total tax increases by more than the 15%.
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