Loose Leaf for McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 2019 Edition
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ISBN: 9781260189728
Author: Brian C. Spilker Professor, Benjamin C. Ayers, John Robinson Professor, Edmund Outslay Professor, Ronald G. Worsham Associate Professor, John A. Barrick Assistant Professor, Connie Weaver
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Chapter 6, Problem 40P
This year Randy paid $28,000 of interest. (Randy borrowed $450,000 to buy his residence, which is currently worth $500,000.) Randy also paid $2,500 of interest on his car loan and $4,200 of margin interest to his stockbroker (investment interest expense). How much of this interest expense can Randy deduct as an itemized deduction under the following circumstances?
- a) Randy received $2,200 of interest this year and no other investment income or expenses. His AGI is $75,000.
- b) Randy had no investment income this year, and his AGI is $75,000.
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