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ArbitrageRebateScope

Executive summary When a state or local government — or a 501(c)(3) borrowing through a conduit issuer — sells a tax-exempt bond, the interest is exempt from federal tax only if the issuer follows the arbitrage rules: it may not earn and keep a profit by investing the borrowed proceeds at a yield higher than the bond's yield. Under IRC §148(f) , any such excess ("arbitrage") must be rebated to the U.S. Treasury , computed and paid at least every five years and at final maturity , reported on IRS Form 8038-T , with payment due within 60 days of each computation date Verified [1] [3] [4] . The computation is technical (bond yield, future value of investment receipts, yield-restriction, and a thicket of exceptions), unforgiving (a missed deadline or a botched exception is a federal tax problem), and recurring for the life of every issue.

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Who this is for

A precise operating owner, not a generic audience.

Responsible buyer

9. Target buyer Attribute Primary ICP Organization 501(c)(3) conduit borrowers (community hospitals & health systems, private colleges/universities, charter & independent schools, senior-living/CCRCs, cultural institutions) and mid-size governmental issuers (cities, counties, school districts, utility/water-sewer authorities, housing finance agencies) Issue profile (priority) Recent (last 1–4 yrs) construction/project-fund issues with multi-year draw schedules; funded debt-service reserve funds; advance/current refundings with escrows — the issues most likely to generate positive arbitrage and

Cost of the gap

Painful problem Tax-exempt issuers carry a perpetual, easy-to-forget federal obligation: for the life of every issue, they must verify whether invested proceeds earned more than the bond yield and, if so, rebate the excess to the Treasury — computed at least every five years and at maturity, reported on Form 8038-T , paid within 60 days of each computation date Verified [1] [3] .

Outcome

12. The outcome we sell What the buyer receives: for each bond issue, each required period, a finished, signed arbitrage compliance report — bond-yield and investment-yield calculations; the future-value rebate amount and any yield-reduction liability; documented determination of every applicable exception (small issuer, 6-month/18-month/2-year spending, bona-fide debt-service fund); a ready-to-file IRS Form 8038-T when a payment is due, or a fully documented $0 / negative-liability report when it is not; and a per-issue audit-defense file retained for the life of the bonds — delivered before the 60-day deadline , with a deadline-met guarante

Decision rule

Proceed only when the source record, service boundary, responsible reviewer, and release criteria can be named before work begins.

Method

The work moves through visible states.

  1. ScopeService delivery workflow Engagement letter (computation-only scope; data responsibilities; guarantee).
  2. CollectSecure intake of bond transcript + trustee statements + draw schedule.
  3. NormalizeAI extraction + cash-flow normalization; rules/data retrieval for the issue.
  4. ValidateCompute bond/investment yields, future-value rebate, yield restriction; run exception tests.
  5. ResolveAnalyst reviews exceptions & methodology; principal reviews liabilities above threshold.
  6. ReviewQA re-performance + prior-period continuity reconciliation.
  7. ReleaseDeliver signed report + ready-to-file 8038-T (or $0 report) + audit-defense file.

Engagement

Buy the reviewed outcome, with boundaries written down.

Pricing evidence & proposed pricing Incumbents do not post fees publicly; the established norm is a flat fee per bond issue per computation/installment period , tiered by complexity (number of funds, refunding vs. new money, draw-schedule length), with separate fees for arbitrage rebate vs. yield-restriction analysis vs. refunding verification Unverified (pricing level) [8] .

Release package

  • The outcome we sell What the buyer receives: for each bond issue, each required period, a finished, signed arbitrage compliance report
  • bond-yield and investment-yield calculations; the future-value rebate amount and any yield-reduction liability; documented determination of every applicable exception (small issuer, 6-month/18-month/2-year spending, bona-fide debt-service fund); a ready-to-file IRS Form 8038-T when a payment is due, or a fully documented $0 / negative-liability report when it is not; and a per-issue audit-defense file retained for the life of the bonds
  • delivered before the 60-day deadline , with a deadline-met guarantee and a computation-accuracy guarantee (we rework and stand behind the methodology within scope).
  • Every computation is reviewed and signed by a senior rebate analyst.

Proof standard

Operating evidence: No verified cycle-time result is published yet. The first result will be calculated from accepted intake through qualified-human release.

Client evidence: No client identity or case narrative is published. A reference may appear only after written permission and factual review.

Volume evidence: No completed-client count is claimed. Counts will be published only after the delivery ledger and provider records reconcile.

Evidence room

Authority comes from traceable sources, not decorative claims.

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Service boundary

Automation prepares. A qualified human releases.

ArbitrageRebateScope is an operational documentation and processing service operated by Your Deputy, Obuke LLC. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal, tax, medical, financial, or other licensed professional advice. Consumer and personal debt matters are not accepted. The client retains its licensed professionals and decision authority. Automation may organize and check records, but a qualified human must review and release every client deliverable.

  • Unsupported facts remain unresolved, never inferred into a client deliverable.
  • Jurisdiction-specific or licensed questions are routed to the client's professional.
  • Every correction retains the source, reviewer, version, and reason for change.

Questions

Know the limits before intake.

Is this legal or professional advice?

No. This is bounded operational documentation and processing support. Licensed judgment remains with the client and its professionals.

Does automation make the final decision?

No. It can organize records, run declared checks, and prepare an exception queue. A qualified human reviews and releases every deliverable.

Is a client portal or CRM already active?

This public site does not claim an active portal integration. Portal access is provisioned only after the relevant backend is configured and independently verified.

What happens when evidence conflicts?

The item is placed in an exception state with its sources and owner. It is not silently resolved or presented as verified.

Fit diagnostic

Send enough context to scope the next conversation—no sensitive files.

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