By roughly doubling the standard deduction and limiting the deduction from federal taxable income of state and local taxes (SALT), the Tax Cut and Jobs...
The new bill introduced by the House Ways and Means Committee would significantly downsize the mortgage interest deduction. Although this is sure to cause controversy,...
For decades, Congress has generally used tax subsidies and direct spending to encourage home ownership . For example, the tax code allows itemizers to deduct...
Tax expenditures for homeownership, such as deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes and the partial exclusion for capital gains on the sale of a...
Tax preferences for housing are under fire, with mounting evidence that these preferences are inefficient , unequal , and too expensive to warrant a place...
Housing industry lobbyists often make the case that, whatever you think of the mortgage interest deduction, now would be a terrible time to eliminate or...
