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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You can't deduct your mortgage from your taxes, only the interest. And only on mortgages related to your first or second home. From irs.gov

This part explains what you can deduct as home mortgage interest. It includes discussions on points and how to report deductible interest on your tax return.

Generally, home mortgage interest is any interest you pay on a loan secured by your home (main home or a second home). The loan may be a mortgage to buy your home, or a second mortgage.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Another important thing to note is that you only benefit from this if you have so many itemized deductions that you can do better than the standard deduction. The mortgage interest alone isn't going to do that in a vast majority of cases. Since legislation in 2017, a lot of the tax advantage of owning a home was reduced.

The OP is wrong on every conceivable level.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah. To break down why this meme is bad information, in simple terms:

You can't deduct "your mortgage". You can only deduct interest on a loan.
You can't take this deduction on a rental property. You have to live in the home part of the year to take this.
Since the tax changes in 2017, most homeowners don't deduct mortgage interest anymore, because it's better to take the standard deduction offered to anyone.

Don't share or believe bad information.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Oops, sorry

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There's actually a few types of interest, including student loan, that can be deducted.