Court Upholds Tax Exemptions On Muni Bonds

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WASHINGTON -- The $2.5 trillion municipal-bond market skirted a land mine Monday when the Supreme Court ruled that states could continue to give special tax breaks on the bonds that fund hospitals, roads, schools and other services.

The justices ruled 7-2 in a case from Kentucky that states can exempt interest on their own bonds from taxation while taxing residents for interest on bonds issued by other states.

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Court Upholds Tax Exemptions On Muni Bonds

In the municipal-bond market, 41 states, in...

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