Friday, November 2, 2007

Supreme Court Ruling Could Roil Municipal Bond Markets

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Nov. 5 on whether Kentucky violates the Constitution by taxing income earned on out-of- state bonds while exempting interest on ones issued by its own cities, school districts and other debt-issuing authorities. According this article from Bloomberg.com, "barring such preferential treatment would force 42 states, including New York and California, to either tax their own bonds or give identical breaks to out-of-state bonds."
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