Personal Finance (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337099752
Author: E. Thomas Garman, Raymond Forgue
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 5FPC
Taxable Versus Tax-Exempt Bonds Paxton Lynch, radio station manager in Denver, Colorado, is in the 25 percent federal marginal tax bracket and pays an additional 5 percent in income taxes to the state of Colorado.Paxton currently has more than$20,000 invested in corporate bonds boughtat various times that are earning differing amounts of taxable interest: $10,000 in ABC earning 5.9 percent; $5,000 in DEF earning 5.5 percent; $3,000 in GHI earning 5.8 percent; and $2,000 in JKL earning 5.4 percent. What is the after-tax return of each investment? To calculate your answers, use the after-tax yield formula (or the reversed formula) on page 140, or the Garmam/Forgue companion website.
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Personal Finance (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 4.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 4.1 - Explain why some taxpayers have an effective...Ch. 4.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 4.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 4.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 4.2 - Prob. 4CCCh. 4.2 - Prob. 5CCCh. 4.2 - Prob. 6CCCh. 4.2 - Prob. 7CC
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