Sentences with phrase «interest deduction largely»

The plan would leave the current tax deductions and most importantly the mortgage interest deduction largely untouched.

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That difference results largely from three factors: compared with lower - income homeowners, those with higher incomes face higher marginal tax rates, typically pay more mortgage interest and property tax, and are more likely to itemize deductions on their tax returns.

Decades later, when Congress passed the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a Reagan administration initiative, the new legislation largely eliminated tax deductions on interest from personal loans, but kept the MID in place, with the justification that it was an important tool for encouraging homeownership.

Overall, the reform would shift from a worldwide system to a territorial system, based on where consumption occurs rather than where production takes place; from a system that allows interest deduction to one that largely ignores financial flows; and from a tax on income toward a tax on consumption.

Interest incurred on indebtedness has historically been deductible, (although the deduction of «personal» interest was largely eliminated in 1986), and in the 1950s a type of «leveraged insurance» transaction began being marketed that permitted an insurance owner to in effect deduct the cost of paying for insurance by (1) paying large premiums to create cash values, (2) «borrowing» against the cash value to in effect strip out the large premiums, and (3) paying deductible «interest» back to the insurer, which was in turn credited to the policy's cash value as tax - deferred earnings on the policy that could fund the insurer's legitimate charges against policy value for cost of insurancInterest incurred on indebtedness has historically been deductible, (although the deduction of «personal» interest was largely eliminated in 1986), and in the 1950s a type of «leveraged insurance» transaction began being marketed that permitted an insurance owner to in effect deduct the cost of paying for insurance by (1) paying large premiums to create cash values, (2) «borrowing» against the cash value to in effect strip out the large premiums, and (3) paying deductible «interest» back to the insurer, which was in turn credited to the policy's cash value as tax - deferred earnings on the policy that could fund the insurer's legitimate charges against policy value for cost of insurancinterest was largely eliminated in 1986), and in the 1950s a type of «leveraged insurance» transaction began being marketed that permitted an insurance owner to in effect deduct the cost of paying for insurance by (1) paying large premiums to create cash values, (2) «borrowing» against the cash value to in effect strip out the large premiums, and (3) paying deductible «interest» back to the insurer, which was in turn credited to the policy's cash value as tax - deferred earnings on the policy that could fund the insurer's legitimate charges against policy value for cost of insurancinterest» back to the insurer, which was in turn credited to the policy's cash value as tax - deferred earnings on the policy that could fund the insurer's legitimate charges against policy value for cost of insurance, etc..

This deduction is especially helpful in the early years of a mortgage when the monthly payment goes largely toward interest.