William B Vogt wrote:
> 3. Limitations on tax advantage. There is a pretty strict limit on how
> much home equity interest can be deducted for non-home-improvement
> reasons. My recollection is that, if you have more than $100K in
> mortgage debt, then you can deduct $0 in non-home-improvement
> related interest. Furthermore, people with small mortgages may not
> even itemize on their returns, rendering the advantage void. So,
> the relevant people are those with a mortgage big enough to make it
> worth itemizing but small enough that the tax advantage exists.
I've never heard of this. Does anyone know more?
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