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This could occur if you had long term capital gains or qualified dividends taxed at the zero percent rate. That would mean you were in either the 10% or 15% tax bracket, since only those brackets have the zero rate. As soon as you get bumped up to the 25% bracket, the long term cap gains rate climbs to 15%.
Here are the tax brackets, based on filing status (use your line 43 taxable income amount): https://www.irs.com/articles/2016-federal-tax-rates-personal-exemptions-and-standard-deductions
This could occur if you had long term capital gains or qualified dividends taxed at the zero percent rate. That would mean you were in either the 10% or 15% tax bracket, since only those brackets have the zero rate. As soon as you get bumped up to the 25% bracket, the long term cap gains rate climbs to 15%.
Here are the tax brackets, based on filing status (use your line 43 taxable income amount): https://www.irs.com/articles/2016-federal-tax-rates-personal-exemptions-and-standard-deductions
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