C000017118 Fees and Costs — Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund, CL C

Data updated: 2025-10-27

The net expense ratio is 1.55%: a 0.42% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.13% other expenses. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. Portfolio turnover was 17%.

C000017118 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000017118. Prospectus, as of May 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.42%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.13%
Gross expense ratio1.55%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.55%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000017118 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000017118, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $959 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.63% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Sales charges$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.55%)$163$505$871
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$25$88
Total costs$266$530$959
Value after costs$10,234$11,046$11,804
Impact on return, per year2.66%1.63%1.63%

C000017118 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $202.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 17%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000017118 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC$48.7M31.63%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$23.6M15.36%
TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC$14.7M9.57%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$13.0M8.44%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$10.7M6.98%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$10.1M6.55%
UBS Securities LLC$10.0M6.51%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$8.8M5.70%
Headlands Tech Global Markets, LLC$7.6M4.94%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$6.7M4.32%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.