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What would be your highest marginal tax rate for you to prefer a corporate bond paying 7.62% to a tax-exempt municipal bond paying 5%
To Calculate the tax rate, We will use equation
Corporate Bond Coupon * ( 1 - Tax rate) = Municipal Bond rate
0.0762*(1-t) = 0.05
0.0762 - 0.0762 t = 0.05
0.0762-0.05= 0.0762t
0.0262 = 0.0762 t
t = 0.0262/0.0762
t = 0.3438
Tax rate = 0.3438 or 34.38%
The maximum tax rate is 34.38% on which the investor will be indifferent for both of the bonds.