Interest from Treasury bonds is exempt from state income tax, and that’s just as true for interest from Treasury bonds held by mutual funds that you own. But as Harry Sit points out this week, the 1099-DIV the brokerage firm sends you doesn’t tell you how much of the dividend distribution from a fund is from Treasury bond interest. If you don’t go look it up yourself, you can end up paying unnecessary state income tax.
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