Convert any interest rate into its true tax-equivalent — so every account, loan, and bond speaks the same language.
Your rate
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Verdict
After-tax yield
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Taxable-equivalent rate
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Same rate, every type — compared at your brackets
Type
Federal
State
After-tax
Equivalent plain rate
Equivalent plain rate is the single comparable number: for earnings it's the taxable-equivalent yield (what a fully-taxable account would have to pay to match after tax); for borrowing it's the after-tax cost.
Tax math runs on the effective annual rate (APY); an APR input is converted using the compounding period above.
Investment interest deduction (portfolio loan, invested) is limited to your net investment income; unused amounts carry forward. It also assumes state conformity with the federal rule.
Combined marginal rates are summed simply (federal + state); SALT-deduction and state-credit interactions are not modeled. Not tax advice — brackets and rules change.