Dec

14

Mortgage Insurance Tax Deductible in 2007

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This hit my inbox today:

The 109th Congress closed its session late last week by passing a tax reform bill, which included a new provision that will provide a significant benefit to your consumers in 2007. H.R. 6111 introduces a new, one-year, itemized tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums. This new legislation will allow taxpayers who itemize their deductions to take an additional deduction for mortgage insurance premiums paid after December 31, 2006.

Section 163(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code allows taxpayers to take a deduction for interest paid on acquisition or home equity indebtedness on the taxpayer’s qualified residence. H.R. 6111 amends Section 163(h)(3) to include language that allows taxpayers to treat mortgage insurance premiums as interest during the 2007 tax year. This treatment only applies to mortgage insurance contracts issued between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007, and is only available to taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of less than $110,000.

It looks like no one is grandfathered in, it’s only good for mortgages that are issued in 2007, so if you have an existing mortgage with mortgage insurance, you’re out of luck.

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