May
16

25 Million Americans Could Find Mortgage Tax Break Useless Under Trump’s Plan

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  • Only the wealthiest homeowners would benefit from itemizing
  • Administration says the average family would be better off

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has taken pains to stress that the Trump administration isn’t out to kill Americans’ beloved mortgage-interest tax deduction — but a side effect of the plan could turn it into a perk for only the wealthy.

President Donald Trump has proposed rewriting the tax code to raise the standard federal deduction to a level where about 25 million homeowners would no longer take advantage of the century-old break. A married couple would need a home-loan balance of about $608,000 — almost triple the mortgage on a median-priced U.S. home — before using it would make sense, according to a new analysis by property-data provider Trulia. That would be up from about $322,000 today…

25 Million Americans Could Find Mortgage Tax Break Useless Under Trump’s Plan

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