Debt Service
The amount of principal and interest required to be paid on an issue of bonds.
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Bona Fide Debt Service Fund
A fund used primarily to achieve a proper matching of revenues and Debt Service within each Bond Year that is depleted at least once each Bond Year except for a reasonable carryover amount that does not exceed the fund earnings for the immediately preceding Bond Year or 1/12 of the Debt Service for the immediately preceding Bond Year.
See Also
Bond Year
For tax purposes, a twelve-month period which ends on a date selected by the issuer for the purpose of the arbitrage rules.
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Arbitrage Bonds
Tax-exempt bonds violating yield restrictions imposed by Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.