Re: [Chat] Md mortg interest write off to be dropped?

2012-01-27 Thread judy berlin
I hope not. Judy On 01/26/2012 01:40 PM, langwi...@comcast.net wrote: Would someone on the list comment on the likihood of the governor doing away with the home mortgage deduction in Maryland. Christine *Mortgage Interest Deduction May b Eliminated In Maryland * **by Joe Alero 1/24/2012

[Chat] Md mortg interest write off to be dropped?

2012-01-26 Thread langwidge
Would someone on the list comment on the likihood of the governor doing away with the home mortgage deduction in Maryland. Christine Mortgage Interest Deduction May b Eliminated In Maryland by Joe Alero 1/24/2012 sbynews.blogspot.com Governor O’Malley announced his budget

Re: [Chat] Md mortg interest write off to be dropped?

2012-01-26 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
I have no idea what the possibility of this being successfully passed through the legislature is (remember, the Governor can't do this unilaterally, it has to be passed as a revision to the tax code) but if you read the article, under this plan the deduction would not be done away with for

Re: [Chat] Md mortg interest write off to be dropped?

2012-01-26 Thread Stephen J Gewirtz
Christine, As I understand the proposal, an individual making more than $100K or a couple making more than $150K would reduce itemized deductions by 10% or 20%. Since the deductions for home ownership are the largest deductions for most people, those with higher incomes would lose a part of