Question

An investor purchases one municipal and one corporate bond that pay rates of return of 8% and 10%, respectively. If the investor is in the 20% marginal tax bracket, his or her after tax rates of return on the municipal and corporate bonds would be ________ and ______, respectively.

Answer 1

rate of return will be 8% and 8%

Step-by-step explanation:

given data

municipal bond = 8%

corporate bond = 10 %

marginal tax = 20 %

solution

we know that here

Municipal bond no taxes are levied

hence after tax rate of return will be 8%

and

Corporate bond

after tax rate of return will be

rate of return = 10% × ( 1 - 0.20 )

rate of return = 8 %