On January 1, year 1 Brandon and Alisa Roy purchased a home for $1.5 million by paying
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On January 1, year 1 Brandon and Alisa Roy purchased a home for $1.5 million by paying $500,000 down and borrowing the remaining $1 million with a 7 percent loan secured by the home. Later the same day, the Roys took out a second loan, secured by the home, in the amount of $300,000.
a. Assuming the interest rate on the second loan is 8 percent. What is the maximum amount of the interest expense the Roys may deduct on these two loans (combined) in year 1?
b. Assuming the interest rate on the second loan is 6 percent, what is the maximum amount of interest expense the Roys may deduct on these two loans (combined) in year 1?
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Taxation Of Individuals And Business Entities 2015
ISBN: 9780077862367
6th Edition
Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver