Build a Tower of Wealth With REITs

The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA), the new tax bill President Donald Trump signed into law in December, now allows investors to deduct 20% of the ordinary income they receive in REIT dividends. That effectively means that if you’re in the top bracket with a tax rate of 37%, the tax bite on your REIT payouts drops to only 29.6% (at worst). In other words, the new law makes each of our REIT dividend yields all the more valuable -- more than offsetting the impact of rising rates.