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Tax Impact on Returns: Capital Gains vs. Income (re: Prosper Loans)

Which should you purchase Prosper P2P loans (assuming your skilled enough to earn a 12% return) or the S&P500 which has earned 13% per year over the last 20 years? The answer is not simple and it depends greatly on taxes. I will provide you with a spreadsheet to change some of my assumptions [...]