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ordinary income

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noun

  1. taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.


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Withdrawals will be taxed at ordinary income rates.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Those stock sales will generate capital gains, which California treats as ordinary income and taxes at rates as high as 13.3%.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The accounts eventually become converted to conventional individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, and distributions will be taxed as ordinary income, though family contributions will be returned tax-free.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

You would not face the 10% early withdrawal penalty, even if the money would still be taxed as ordinary income.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Twenty million pounds, when the ordinary income of the State amounts scarcely to seven millions!

From Through the Iron Bars Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium by Raemaekers, Louis

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