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Of the latter, $3,326.53 would be tax-free because it represented a return of principal and $1,673.47 would be taxed as ordinary income.
What makes them appealing, from a tax perspective, is that a large portion of the dividend they pay is treated as a return of principal and is not taxed.
These funds, offered by Vanguard and Schwab among others, invest savings for you and send out a check each month that is a combination of investment income and a return of principal.
Downside: no return of principal on death.
Only after all earnings have been withdrawn are future withdrawals considered to be nontaxable return of principal.
In this case $5,580 a year for the first 16 years would be a tax-free return of principal.
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Some principal-protected funds use insurance to guarantee return of investors' principal.
Moreover, the complaint said, Enron guaranteed nCube a return of its principal plus $100,000 within a matter of months.
This happens because the dividends contain what is called a return of the principal, and it lowers the immediate tax bill.
An advantage of individual bonds is that they can be held to maturity, guarding against price decline and assuring return of full principal.
Under the so-called 5-3-3-2 rule, applied bothothethe finance ministry and the health ministry, half the pension-fund investments had to be in assets (such as bonds) where return of the principal was guaranteed, not more than 30% in domestic equities, 30% in foreign securities and 20% in property.
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