Answer:
a. Interest Deductible = $31,100
b. Interest Deductible = $28,900
Explanation:
Note: This question is not complete. The complete question is therefore provided before answering the question as follows:
This year Randy paid $28,900 of interest on his residence. (Randy borrowed $462,000 to buy his residence, and it is currently worth $512,000.) Randy also paid $2,800 of interest on his car loan and $4,650 of margin interest to his stockbroker (investment interest expense). How much of this interest expense can Randy deduct as an itemized deduction under the following circumstances?
a. Randy received $2,200 of interest this year and no other investment income or expenses. His AGI is $75,000.
Interest Deductible $.......
b. Randy had no investment income this year, and his AGI is $75,000.
Interest Deducttible $.......
The explanation of the anwer is now given as follows:
a. Randy received $2,200 of interest this year and no other investment income or expenses. His AGI is $75,000.
Randy may choose to deduct the interest of $28,900 on his residence as an itemized deduction.
The $2,800 of interest on his car loan is a nondeductible personal interest.
The $2,200 interest income received can be regarded as an investment income.
The $4,500 margin interest to his stockbroke is likely investment interest. But since Randy has only $2,200 interest income, his deduction is limited to the $2,200.
Therefore, we have:
Interest Deductible = Interest on his residence + $2,200 = $28,900 + $2,200 = $31,100
b. Randy had no investment income this year, and his AGI is $75,000.
Since there is no investment income, Randy can only dedcut the interest of $28,900 on his residence based on the explanation in part a above.
Therefore, we have:
Interest Deductible = $28,900
