Clients can use tax-free, non-alternative minimum tax municipal bonds to create a source of tax-free income, an advisor on CNBC writes. While long-term investors will be better off building a portfolio of equities and bonds than having a 100% bond portfolio, muni bonds are a good alternative to annuities and other fixed-income vehicles, according to the expert. Clients who invest in annuities will incur taxes and other costs, but they “can invest the same amount into a diversified municipal bond portfolio and pay no taxes and receive tax-free income until the bonds are called or mature.”
To read the full article in FinancialPlanning, click: Is it Possible to Create Tax-Free Income for Life? Tax Strategy Scan.
