return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAverage American Debt: Household Debt Statistics, Average household debt hits $101,915www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down122
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minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoDebt doesn’t reduce taxes. Not having income reduces taxes.
minus-squarewho8mydamnoreos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoYou can claim debt repayment on taxes and it reduces your income
minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoGeneral debt payments aren’t deductible, certain interest payments are allowed, like mortgages, but there’s a cap.
minus-squareTenderfootGungi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMy old boss kept refinancing his house to keep all the debt tax free. Need a new Mercedes? Time to refinance.
minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDebt never gets taxed, it’s not income. Debt forgiveness can be taxed as income though.
minus-squareAstroturfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s not a thing. Unless he was somehow laundering money through like cash mortgage payments and then refinancing cash out to spend.
Debt doesn’t reduce taxes. Not having income reduces taxes.
You can claim debt repayment on taxes and it reduces your income
General debt payments aren’t deductible, certain interest payments are allowed, like mortgages, but there’s a cap.
My old boss kept refinancing his house to keep all the debt tax free. Need a new Mercedes? Time to refinance.
Debt never gets taxed, it’s not income. Debt forgiveness can be taxed as income though.
That’s not a thing. Unless he was somehow laundering money through like cash mortgage payments and then refinancing cash out to spend.