And what about old people that have owned their own house for decades? If the local economy goes up, increasing the land value tax, they either leave or go bankrupt. And the kicker is that their investment into their home is now worth a lot less.
And what about old people that have owned their own house for decades? If the local economy goes up, increasing the land value tax, they either leave or go bankrupt. And the kicker is that their investment into their home is now worth a lot less.
Poor people don’t benefit from the mortgage interest deduction. With todays low interest rate, you have to have a mortgage of over $300,000 to have more than the $120000 standard deduction in interest.
With the median household income being $60,000 a year, it would be nearly impossible to come up with a scenario where many would itemize deductions after mortgage interest, state taxes and property taxes.
The mortgage interest deduction overwhelmingly benefits households earning over $100,000 per year. Only one in five tax filers take the mortgage interest deduction, the extreme majority are in that $100k+ income bracket.
The substantially increased standard deduction is far more important than the MID for the middle class. Cutting the MID tax break for the top 1/3 of earners, is what will help pay for raising the standard deduction that is a huge benefit to the bottom 2/3 of earners.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/31/that-beloved-mortgage-deduct...
"Mortgage Interest Deduction Saves Middle Class Taxpayers All Of $51/Month"
"Most of the MID 2012 tax benefits went to people making six figures or more. Households earning over $100,000 in 2012 claimed 77.3 percent of the total MID tax savings, essentially the same as in 2010. And just looking at those making $200,000 or more, we found the very top earners claimed 34.6 percent of the total MID benefits and saved $5,021 on average for 2012."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/12/18/mortgage-in...
You do have a point, but there seems to be another side as well.