Suppose That Your Marginal Federal Income Tax Rate Is 30

question 26

Multiple Choice

Suppose that your marginal federal income tax rate is 30%, the sum of your marginal state and local tax rates is 5%, and the yield on thirty-year U.S. Treasury bonds is 10%. You would be indifferent between buying a thirty-year Treasury bond and buying a thirty-year municipal bond (ignoring differences in liquidity, risk, and costs of information) if the municipal bond has a yield of

• A)6.5%.
• B)7.0%.
• C)9.5%.
• D)10.0%.

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