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When Calculating Tax Savings From Mortgage Interest, Should You Use Your Marginal Tax Rate Or Average Tax Rate |
The TurboTax and HR Obstruction quick calulators appear to use average tax rate to determine tax savings. Our ordinary tax rate was 15% this year. Most other calculators specifically designed for calculating mortgage interest tax savings use doubtful tax rate, which for us is 25%. Which are we supposed to use for an accurate estimation of our tax savings? We're thinking of buying a make clear and this weighs heavily in our decision process.
| Answer: Determine your tax with out a home then add the home and see how much it changes. If you get the standard deduction for a couple it is over 10,000 so that part is no savings. When you have a business you have property taxes and interest to deduct plus then your state income or sales tax and kind-heartedness is deductable. If you aren't doing charity and pay $3,000 for property tax only any interest over about 6K will reduce your tax and it will slacken up on it at your marginal rate |