Points Paid to Secure a Mortgage to Purchase a Primary

question 82

True/False

Points paid to secure a mortgage to purchase a primary residence and to refinance a mortgage are usually immediately tax deductible if you itemize your taxes.

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Definitions:

Straight-line Depreciation

A method for dispersing the cost of a physical asset across its useful life in even annual allocations.

Discounted Payback

A capital budgeting method used to determine the profitability of an investment by calculating the time it takes for the present value of cash flows to cover the initial investment cost.

Annual Cash Flows

The total amount of money being transferred in and out of a business, considered on a yearly basis.

Required Rate

The minimum return an investor expects to achieve on an investment, considering its risk, also known as the hurdle rate or the required rate of return.