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> you think you can make more money by investing your 30k and letting it grow and compound Mortgages especially. Mortgage interest is tax deductible and makes
by chickenpotpie 3y ago
> you think you can make more money by investing your 30k and letting it grow and compound
Mortgages especially. Mortgage interest is tax deductible and makes it easier for high tax bracket individuals to outperform their loan by investing.
- supportengineer 3y ago> Mortgage interest is tax deductible Since 2017, not really, due to tax law changes. Cap of $10k but that includes state taxes paid also.
- toast0 3y agoI was under the impression that the $10k cap is for SALT and mortgage interest is separate? The mortgage interest deduction was reduced, interest on new loans is only deductable for the first $750k of debt, instead of $1M, and mortgage rates were really low in 2017; capped SALT + a relatively low interest rate on $750k might not combine to more than the standard deduction if you're married filing jointly. Certainly on my ~ $350k mortgage @ 3.15%, I stopped itemizing after the tax changes.
- chickenpotpie 3y agoAbsolutely not. That's property tax, not mortgage interest.
- jdmichal 3y agoThe bigger change for mortgage interest was the massive increase in the standard deduction in 2018 to $24,000 from $12,700. We were barely doing better than the standard deduction prior to that, and the increase put us pretty far into "just take standard" territory.