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Qualified Small Business Stock: Certain small business corporation stock which receives a special tax break that is designed to help qualifying small C corporations raise capital. It does this by allowing qualifying investors in original issue stock to exclude 50% of their gains on the sale of the stock if a five-year holding period is met.

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