The Tax Treatment of Mortgage Investment
John A. Tuccillo
Real Estate Economics, 1983, vol. 11, issue 2, 288-299
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This paper examines the theoretical and empirical justifications for replacing the special bad‐debt reserve deduction currently accorded to thrifts under federal tax law with a mortgage interest tax credit. It presents the background to the recommendations of the President's Commission on Housing that such a change be employed as a short‐term tax incentive to mortgage investment and compares a system in which all mortgage investors received the bad‐debt deduction with one in which all receive a tax credit. The conclusion is that the credit is superior to the deduction on theoretical grounds although it is difficult to predict with certainty the impacts of such a change in tax policy on total mortgage investment.
Date: 1983
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