Consider These 'Tax-Smart' Investment Strategies For 2007    Rim
Country residents are more than knee-deep into tax season again.
As you review all your forms, you might notice that your
investment-related taxes seem rather high. While there may not
be much you can do about it for the 2006 tax year, you can
certainly take steps to become a more "tax-smart" investor in
2007.  To be specific, you may want to explore three types of
investing: Tax-exempt, tax-deferred and tax-efficient.  Tax-
exempt Investing  One way to reduce your investment tax burden
is to avoid paying any taxes at all. And you may be able to do
that through two different types of investments: Municipal bonds
and the Roth IRA.  Municipal bonds. If you are in one of the top
tax brackets, you may find municipal bonds to be especially
attractive. When you invest in municipal bonds, your interest
payments are exempt from federal taxes, and possibly state and
local taxes as well. (However, municipal bonds may be subject to
the alternative minimum t