Adanya's marginal tax rate is 35% and she is trying to decide whether to invest in tax-exempt bonds which pay 5% interest or taxable bonds paying 7% interest. The bonds have equivalent risk. Which of the bonds would yield the highest amount of income after taxes?

Adanya's marginal tax rate is 35% and she is trying to decide whether to invest in tax-exempt bonds which pay 5% interest or taxable bonds paying 7% interest. The bonds have equivalent risk. Which of the bonds would yield the highest amount of income after taxes?


Answer: The taxable bonds yield 4.55% after-tax [.07 - (1-.35)], so she should invest in the tax-exempt bonds.


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