Bigger is not always better. A home with a big bond is not an investment, warns Schaefer. "People tend to buy bigger houses and take on bigger bonds as their jobs improve but this just means paying larger monthly instalments," he said. It will make far more sense to live in a smaller house and invest in buy-to-let properties with tax-deductible bond payments, reckoned Schaefer
NO The personal interest is never deductible on your 1040 federal income tax return
Interest expenses are tax deductible.
No, sorry. That's why owning a house is better for tax purposes but even then the principal payments are not deductible, only the interest on each one added over the whole year.
State income tax payments are deductible on your federal income tax return. (You may deduct state income tax or sales tax, but not both.) Federal income tax payments are deductible on your state tax return in a tiny number of states.
No
NO The personal interest is never deductible on your 1040 federal income tax return
Interest expenses are tax deductible.
No, sorry. That's why owning a house is better for tax purposes but even then the principal payments are not deductible, only the interest on each one added over the whole year.
Of course there certain conditions and qualifications...but normally yes.
State income tax payments are deductible on your federal income tax return. (You may deduct state income tax or sales tax, but not both.) Federal income tax payments are deductible on your state tax return in a tiny number of states.
Spousal support payments would not be deductible on your income tax return. Only Alimony payments would be deductible on your 1040 income tax return.
Estimated Income tax payments are not deductible in figuring out what your taxable income is, that determines how much your actual income tax is. See, that's circular.
No
Personal interest is not tax deductible
Absolutely not. Bankruptcy payments are repayments for debts that you incurred in the past and did not pay. There is no circumstances where these could be deductible on your income taxes.
no
Not in Canada.