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Lastre fiscal

The idea

Los impuestos sobre intereses, dividendos y ganancias reducen la rentabilidad compuesta neta.

Tax drag is how income, dividends and capital-gains rules reduce the rate that compounds inside a taxable account versus a sheltered one.

This atlas page keeps the focus on mechanisms you can reason about: rates, time, contributions, costs and behaviour — not stock tips or promised yields.

Principles

Misconceptions

Why it matters

Tax drag: keep the definition tight, the units dated, and the costs visible — then the “magic” looks like arithmetic with a long clock.

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