Answer:
the tax rate should be of 45.83% to make indifferent for the investor
Explanation:
the municipal bonds pay no income tax according to United States IRS regulation
Therefore their rate will be the equivalent of the after-tax rate of a corporate bonds
to make it indifferent we should look at the rate that makes the after tax yield of the 12% equal to 6.5%
[tex]pretax \times (1 + t ) = after-tax[/tex]
0.12 x (1-t) = 0.065
1 - 0.065/0.12 = t
t = 0.4583 = 45.83%
the tax rate should be of 45.83 to make indifferent for the investor
