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Your Home. A Bundle of Tax Benefits.

Your Home. A Bundle of Tax Benefits.

Your Home. A Bundle of Tax Benefits.

There are many tax benefits built into home ownership. Here is a review of the most common. It may be worth a quick check to ensure you are maximizing your home ownership tax benefits.

Interest deductibility. Mortgage interest is one of the few allowed deductible interest expenses. It is limited to the first $1 million dollars in loans secured by your primary residence. Bonus: You can also deduct interest on a second home (cabin).

Home equity interest. Home equity loans or lines of credit on up to $100,000 can create additional tax-deductible interest.

Home office. If you have a qualified home office, it also creates a deductible expense.

Property taxes. Your property taxes are also allowed as an itemized deduction.

Free rental income. You can rent out your home for up to two weeks and not claim the income. This is a great tax break if your home is located next to a popular landmark or a major event. Many taxpayers rent out their lake home for two weeks to help reduce the cost of their home away from home.

Home mortgage insurance. Premiums paid for home mortgage insurance are also deductible through 2014. While this tax deduction is not a permanent part of the tax code, it is often extended from year to year by Congressional action.

Tax-free gains. Generally when you sell property for a profit it creates a taxable event. However, if the property is your primary residence you can omit up to $250,000 ($500,000 married filing jointly) of these gains. Special rules apply, but this is a major tax benefit of home ownership.

Better than rent?

Since the housing bust of 2008, many would be homeowners are reluctant to exit their rental housing because of the perceived risk involved in owning a home. However, with the recovery of the housing market coupled with lower interest rates, now might be the right time to realize the tax benefits of owning your own dream home.

Please give us a call to discuss this or any of our other topics with you, so we can address your specific requirements.

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