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Tax
Benefits of Home Ownership
The
tax deductions you can take for mortgage interest and property taxes
greatly increase the financial benefits of home ownership. Here’s
how it works.
Assume:
$9,877 = Mortgage interest paid (a loan of $150,000 for 30 years, at
7 percent, using year-five interest)
$2,700 = Property taxes (at 1.5 percent on $180,000 assessed value)
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$12,577 = Total deduction
$3,521.56 = Amount you have lowered your federal income tax (at 28
percent tax rate)
(12,577 X .28 = $3,521.56)
Note that mortgage interest may not be deductible on loans over $1.1
million. In addition, deductions are decreased when total income
reaches a certain level.
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