WASHINGTON – Feb. 15, 2011 – President Obama’s budget proposes a lower mortgage interest deduction (MID) for high-income families,

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Battle over the mortgage interest deduction


WASHINGTON – Feb. 15, 2011 – President Obama’s budget proposes a lower mortgage interest deduction (MID) for high-income families, but the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) plans to fight any change, and a number of lawmakers who view it as a way to raise taxes also plan to oppose the increase.
According to testimony presented by the National Low Income Housing Coalition to a bipartisan deficit reduction commission, only about one-third of taxpayers itemize deductions. The commission later recommended that the deduction be changed to a 12 percent tax credit, with only interest on a debt up to $500,000 eligible.
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