PTEYX Fees and Costs — Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund, Class Y

Data updated: 2025-12-12

The net expense ratio is 0.67%: a 0.42% management fee plus 0.25% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $4K in broker commissions, 0.0007% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 35%.

PTEYX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of PTEYX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.42%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.25%
Gross expense ratio0.67%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.67%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

PTEYX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in PTEYX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $422 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.70% 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
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.67%)$70$220$383
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$39
Total costs$70$231$422
Value after costs$10,430$11,345$12,341
Impact on return, per year0.70%0.70%0.70%

PTEYX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0007%
  • Total broker commissions: $4K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $528.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 35%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

PTEYX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3K68.23%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1K31.77%

PTEYX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$72.5M18.79%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$46.2M11.97%
FMSBONDS, INC.$43.6M11.31%
BofA Securities, Inc.$43.2M11.19%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$41.1M10.65%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$38.6M10.00%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$38.2M9.89%
Jefferies LLC$27.6M7.15%
Piper Sandler & Co.$19.5M5.05%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$15.4M3.98%

Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
PTEYXClass Y0.67%none
PTAEXClass A0.92%4.00%
PTBEXClass B1.54%none

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.