The year-end periods provides the ETF industry with a couple of opportunities to flex its collective muscle; performance comparisons generally tend to favor those products with lower expense ratios–a defining feature of exchange-traded funds. But early January also puts another benefit of exchange-traded products into focus: enhanced tax efficiency relative to traditional mutual funds. The nuances of the exchange-traded structure have the potential to bring additional tax efficiencies to investors thanks to the availability of an “in kind redemption” that ultimately gives investors more control over the timing of tax obligations. Mutual funds, on the other hand, have a nasty tendency to stick remaining shareholders with tax liabilities incurred as a result of redemptions by others–a development that can obviously be undesirable [see Tax Loss Harvesting With ETFs: 6 Ideas To Lower Client Liabilities]. ETFs won’t allow investors to skip out on their taxes, but this product structure can deliver [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Complete List Of Active ETFs Emerging Market ETFs: Seven Factors Every Investor Should Consider Bond ETFs: 12 Stops Along The Risk/Return Spectrum Low Cost ETFs: Complete List Of The Cheapest Exchange-Traded Funds Best ETF Performers Of 2010: Winners For Every ETFdb Category