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Most retirement income is subject to state income tax in North Carolina, but residents with a taxable income of $47,150 or less are exempt. If your taxable income is between $47,151 and $238,200 ...
The interest income is exempt from federal income tax for the recipient—a treatment similar to that for interest income from municipal bonds. Tax anticipation notes are short term notes, issued at a discount, with a maturity period usually less than a year or a stated future date.
Build America Bonds can provide states and localities with substantial savings on their borrowing costs. According to the United States Department of the Treasury, the savings for a 10-year bond are estimated to be 31 basis points and the savings for a 30-year bond are estimated to be 112 basis points versus traditional tax-exempt financing. [5]
For example, assume an investor in the 38% tax bracket is offered a municipal bond that has a tax-exempt yield of 1.0%. Using the formula above, the municipal bond's taxable equivalent yield is 1.6% (0.01/(1-0.38) = 0.016) - a figure which can be fairly compared to yields on taxable investments such as corporate or U.S. Treasury bonds for ...
The bonds in this fund are generally exempt from federal income taxes, which is why the stated yield is lower than taxable funds. Yield: 4.27 percent Expense ratio: 0.32 percent
Municipal bonds pay interest that is federally tax-free, and it’s often also exempt in the state where it is issued. The fund has an intermediate duration of 6.5 years and a current yield of 3.57%.
The alternative minimum tax (AMT) is a tax imposed by the United States federal government in addition to the regular income tax for certain individuals, estates, and trusts. As of tax year 2018, the AMT raises about $5.2 billion, or 0.4% of all federal income tax revenue, affecting 0.1% of taxpayers, mostly in the upper income ranges. [1] [2]
Certain types of income are excluded from gross income (and therefore subject to tax exemption). [27] The exclusions differ at federal and state levels. For federal income tax, interest income on state and local bonds is exempt, while few states exempt any interest income except from municipalities within that state.