Urban Corporation Receives Tax-Exempt Income from Denver Municipal Bonds

question 24

True/False

Urban Corporation receives tax-exempt income from Denver municipal bonds.All the proceeds from the bonds were used to fund public projects.In computing adjusted current earnings in its AMT computation,Urban must add back the interest income from its municipal bonds.

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