General accounting Your bank has two checking account options, one pays tax-free interest at arate of 2% per annum and the other pays taxable interest at a rate of 3% perannum. You are currently in a 25% marginal tax bracket. If you converted thetax-free interest rate to the comparable taxable interest rate, you would findthat:A. The comparable taxable rate is 2.667%, thus you would select the taxableaccount.B. The comparable taxable rate is 2.35%, thus you would select the taxableaccount.C. The comparable taxable rate is 3.53%, thus you would select the tax-freeaccount.D. You would always select the account bearing the highest interest rate.

The formula for converting a tax-free rate to a taxable equivalent rate is:Comparable Taxable…

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