An investor is trying to decide between a muni paying 6.20 percent or an equivalent taxable corporate paying 8.25 percent. What is the minimum marginal tax rate the investor must have to consider buying the municipal bond? 20.0 percent 66.7 percent 80.0 percent 25.0 percent 75.0 percent

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A: Interest rate on a taxable bond = 4% Personal tax rate = 25%

Q: Corporate bonds issued by Johnson Corporation currently yield 8%. Municipal bonds of equal risk…

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Q: Curtis invests $250,000 in a city of Athens bond that pays 7 percent interest. Alternatively, Curtis…

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Q: The Carey State Bank has purchased a bank-qualified municipal bond with a yield of 6%. This bank has…

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Q: 22. An investor in the 30% tax bracket is evaluating two bonds for investment: a corporate bond with…

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Q: the 32% marginal tax bracket, this bond would offer an equivalent taxable yield of O 1) 8.25%. 2)…

A: Municipal yield = 8.75%Tax rate = 32%

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Q: Fergie has the choice between investing in a State of New York bond at 10.0 percent and a Surething…

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Q: An investor is in a 30% combined federal plus state tax bracket. If corporate bonds offer 8% yields,…

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A: Tax-free Yield = 10.00% = 0.10Tax Rate = 35% =  0.35

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Q: Curtis invests $450,000 in a city of Athens bond that pays 6 percent interest. Alternatively, Curtis…

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Q: Assume your in the 35% tax bracket and purchased a municipal bond with a yield of 3.60. What is the…

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Q: 5) A 10-year municipal bond yields 4.8%. Your marginal tax rate (including state and federal taxes)…

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Q: Assume a municipal bond has a yield of 5.75% and corporate bond of comparable maturity and credit…

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Q: Assume you are in the 35 percent tax bracket and purchase a municipal bond with a yield of 5.75…

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Q: An investor is in the 28% tax bracket. A corporate bond has a before-tax yield of 8%. What is the…

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Q: Assume that Larry's marginal tax rate is 25%. If corporate bonds pay 7.4% interest, what interest…

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Q: A firm in the 25 percent tax bracket is aware of a tax-exempt security that is paying a yield of…

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Q: What is Curtis's after-tax rate of return on the city of Athens bond?

A: The correct answer is 9.25 percent.

Q: Consider an investor who is in a 30% combined federal plus state tax bracket.  If a corporate bond…

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Q: The current yield on a municipal bons is 6%. What would the equivalent taxable yield of this bond…

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Q: Curtis invests $200,000 in a city of Athens bond that pays 4.00 percent interest. Alternatively,…

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