Talk:Vanguard Intermediate Term Bond Index Fund tax distributions

The Certified Shareholder Report for 2011-02-28 (December 31, 2010) is now available online. Certified Shareholder Report (N-CSR) 2011-02-28

VBIIX (2011-02-25 filing): NSAR Reports, NSAR-B Answer file 007 A000000 Y 007 B000000 6 007 C010100 1 007 C020100 VANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKET INDEX FUND 007 C030100 N 007 C010200 2 007 C020200 VANGUARD SHORT-TERM BOND INDEX FUND 007 C030200 N 007 C010300 3 007 C020300 VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND INDEX FUND 007 C030300 N 007 C010400 4 007 C020400 VANGUARD LONG-TERM BOND INDEX FUND 007 C030400 N 007 C010500 5 007 C020500 VANGUARD INFLATION-PROTECTED SECURITIES FUND 007 C030500 N 007 C010600 6 007 C020600 VANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKET II INDEX FUND 007 C030600 N ... 075 A000100       0 075 B000100 81352378 075 A000200       0 075 B000200 19164049 075 A000300       0 075 B000300 11435099 075 A000400       0 075 B000400 3452206 075 A000500       0 075 B000500 30984564 075 A000600       0 075 B000600 31868506 The Average net assets for VANGUARD INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND INDEX FUND is 11,435,099,000

--LadyGeek 21:25, 16 March 2011 (EDT)

Source: Certified Shareholder Report (N-CSR) 2011-02-28 (page number is on left side, just above black border line.)


 * Investor Shares - Financial highlights, page 61
 * Admiral Shares - Financial highlights, page 62
 * ETF Shares - Financial highlights, page 65

Reminder to self: Dividends = Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets = 3.97% (Investor shares)

The report has the following statement on page 68. I assume that there were no long- or short- term capital gains(?), as I did not see them itemized in the fund highlights.: "During the year ended December 31, 2010, the fund realized $14,854,000 of net capital gains resulting from in-kind redemptions—in which shareholders exchanged fund shares for securities held by the fund rather than for cash. Because such gains are not taxable to the fund, and are not distributed to shareholders, they have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to paid-in capital."


 * Table 2 Total Return column is for Investor shares (matches page 61), I modified the column title.
 * I used --.--% for treasury interest, as it's not on the Vanguard site yet. "--.--%" indicates missing data rather than an actual interest rate of 0.00%. To an engineer, this format makes sense.

This is as far as I can go. I'll leave the analysis and summaries to others. --LadyGeek 17:20, 18 March 2011 (EDT)

Because this page is titled "Vanguard Intermediate Term Bond Index Fund tax distributions" this entire phrase is being used when called by  in the body. The phrase "tax distributions" is thereby dragged into an awkward place by being part of the title. I would suggest that the page be renamed "Vanguard Intermediate Term Bond Index Fund" but didn't want to do this unilaterally. I would not know how to accomplish the change in any case. Tortuga 14:19, 25 September 2013 (CDT)


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