Ray loses his job as a result of a corporate downsizing. Consequently, he falls behind on the

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Ray loses his job as a result of a corporate downsizing. Consequently, he falls behind on the mortgage payments on his personal residence. His friend Ted would like to make the delinquent mortgage payments for him.
a. Could the payments be structured so that Ray can deduct the mortgage interest?
b. Could the payment arrangement deny both Ray and Ted a mortgage interest deduction?
c. Could the payments be structured so that Ted could deduct the mortgage interest?
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South Western Federal Taxation Individual Income Taxes 2017

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Authors: William H. Hoffman, David M. Maloney, William A. Raabe, James C. Young, Nellen

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