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- From: suhre@eel.dsd.trw.com (Maurice E. Suhre)
- Subject: Re: tax free funds & 33% tax bracket ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.220501.10941@gumby.dsd.trw.com>
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- Organization: TRW, INC.
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:05:01 GMT
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- In article <1elkm7INN3q0@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy) writes:
- >
- >why is a tax free bonds, or mutual funds always related to somebody
- >with 33% tax bracket ? why ? can't somebody with 20% tax bracket
- >invest in tax free bonds ? is there something I'm missing ?
-
- In general, when someone is pushing or promoting something, they will
- use data which tends to support their position. It's easy to see that
- tax free bonds work better as your tax bracket gets higher. Of course
- anyone can invest in tax free bonds. If your tax rate is zero, it is
- ridiculous to do so. As the tax rate increases, it goes from silly to
- reasonable. Don't forget that the bond income would have been taxed at
- the marginal rate (for most people).
-
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- Maurice Suhre
- suhre@trwrb.dsd.trw.com
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