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AMERICAN FUNDS TAX-EXEMPT FUND OF NEW YORK
Investment objectives

The fund’s primary investment objective is to provide you with a high level of current income exempt from regular federal, New York state and New York City income taxes.

Its secondary objective is preservation of capital.
Fees and expenses of the fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. For example, in addition to the fees and expenses described below, you may also be required to pay brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of Class F-2 or F-3 shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in American Funds and Capital Group KKR Public-Private+ Funds (collectively “Capital Group Funds”). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional, in the “Sales charge reductions and waivers” sections on page 49 of the prospectus and on page 91 of the fund’s statement of additional information, and in the sales charge waiver appendix to the prospectus.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
       
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Share class: A C All F share
classes
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 3.75% none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the amount redeemed) 0.751 1.00% none
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends none none none
Redemption or exchange fees none none none
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the net asset value of your investment)
           
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the net asset value of your investment)
Share class: A C F-1 F-2 F-3
Management fees2 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.25%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.25 1.00 0.25 none none
Other expenses 0.14 0.14 0.24 0.23 0.11
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.64 1.39 0.74 0.48 0.36
Expense reimbursement3 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
Total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement 0.58 1.33 0.68 0.42 0.30

1 A contingent deferred sales charge of 0.75% applies on certain redemptions made within 18 months following purchases of $250,000 or more made without an initial sales charge. Contingent deferred sales charge is calculated based on the lesser of the offering price and market value of shares being sold.

2 Restated to reflect current fees.

3 The investment adviser is currently reimbursing a portion of the other expenses. This reimbursement will be in effect through at least October 1, 2027. The adviser may elect at its discretion to extend, modify or terminate the reimbursement at that time.

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem or hold all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The example reflects the fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement described above (if any) through the expiration of such waiver and/or reimbursement and total annual fund operating expenses thereafter. You may be required to pay brokerage commissions on your purchases and sales of Class F-2 or F-3 shares of the fund, which are not reflected in the example.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
                 
Share class: A C F-1 F-2 F-3 For the share class listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Share class: C
1 year $432 $235 $69 $43 $31 1 year $135
3 years 566 434 231 148 110 3 years 434
5 years 713 755 406 263 196 5 years 755
10 years 1,138 1,458 913 598 450 10 years 1,458
For the share class listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares:
                 
Share class: A C F-1 F-2 F-3 For the share class listed to the right, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Share class: C
1 year $432 $235 $69 $43 $31 1 year $135
3 years 566 434 231 148 110 3 years 434
5 years 713 755 406 263 196 5 years 755
10 years 1,138 1,458 913 598 450 10 years 1,458
Portfolio turnover

The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s investment results. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 12% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal investment strategies

The fund seeks to achieve its objectives by primarily investing in municipal bonds issued by the state of New York and its agencies and municipalities. Consistent with the fund’s objectives, the fund may also invest in municipal securities that are issued by jurisdictions outside New York. Municipal bonds are debt obligations generally issued to obtain funds for various public purposes, including the construction of public facilities. The fund may also invest in bonds exempt from federal and state taxation that are used to fund private projects.

Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in, or derive at least 80% of its income from, securities that are exempt from regular federal, New York state and New York City income taxes and that do not subject you to federal alternative minimum tax. Investments in derivatives may be counted toward the fund’s 80% investment policy to the extent that such derivatives provide investment exposure to the investments included within the policy or to one or more market risk factors associated with such investments. The fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in “private activity bonds” whose interest is generally subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. The fund is intended primarily for taxable residents of New York.

The fund will invest primarily in debt securities rated BBB- or better or Baa3 or better by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations designated by the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but determined by the fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. The fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in debt securities rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations designated by the fund’s investment adviser, or unrated but determined by the fund’s investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such securities are sometimes referred to as “junk bonds.”

The fund is nondiversified, which allows it to invest a greater percentage of its assets in any one issuer than would otherwise be the case.

The fund’s assets are managed by a team of portfolio managers. Under this approach, the fund’s portfolio managers will work together to oversee the fund’s entire portfolio.

The fund relies on the professional judgment of its investment adviser to make decisions about the fund’s portfolio investments. The basic investment philosophy of the investment adviser is to seek to invest in attractively priced securities that, in its opinion, represent good, long-term investment opportunities. Securities may be sold when the investment adviser believes that they no longer represent relatively attractive investment opportunities.

Investment results

The following bar chart shows how the fund’s investment results have varied from year to year, and the following table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for various periods compare with a broad measure of securities market results and, if applicable, other measures of market results that reflect the fund’s investment universe. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. Past investment results (before and after taxes) are not predictive of future investment results. Updated information on the fund’s investment results can be obtained by visiting capitalgroup.com.

The following bar chart shows how the fund’s investment results have varied from year to year, and the following table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for various periods compare with a broad measure of securities market results and, if applicable, other measures of market results that reflect the fund’s investment universe.

Calendar year total returns for Class F-2 shares (Class F-2 shares are not subject to sales charges.)

Highest/Lowest quarterly results during this period were:

 

Highest 8.13% (quarter ended December 31, 2023)

 

Lowest -6.54% (quarter ended March 31, 2022)

The fund's total return for the six months ended June 30, 2026, was 2.93%.

Average annual total returns For the periods ended December 31, 2025:
           
Average annual total returns For the periods ended December 31, 2025:
Share class Inception date 1 year 5 years 10 years Lifetime
F-2 − Before taxes 11/1/2010 2.75% 0.73% 2.09% 2.92%
− After taxes on distributions   2.75 0.69 2.07 N/A
− After taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares 3.02 1.20 2.24 N/A
           
Share classes (before taxes) Inception date 1 year 5 years 10 years Lifetime
A (with maximum sales charge) 11/1/2010 –1.27% –0.21% 1.54% 2.53%
C 11/1/2010 0.82 –0.20 1.30 2.34
F-1 11/1/2010 2.48 0.49 1.88 2.72
F-3 1/27/2017 2.87 0.84 N/A 2.37
           
Indexes 1 year 5 years 10 years Lifetime
(from Class F-2
inception)
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees, expenses or U.S. federal income taxes) 4.25% 0.80% 2.34% 3.03%
Bloomberg New York Municipal Index (reflects no deductions for sales charges, account fees or U.S. federal income taxes) 3.69 0.81 2.20 2.87

Class F-2 annualized 30-day yield at July 31, 2026: 3.94%

(For current yield information, please call American Funds Service Company at (800) 421-4225 or visit capitalgroup.com.)

 

After-tax returns are shown only for Class F-2 shares; after-tax returns for other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect during each year of the periods shown and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation and likely will differ from the results shown above.