Question

Mr. and Mrs. Kim, married filing jointly, own a principal residence and a vacation home. Each residence is subject to a mortgage that qualifies as acquisition debt, and both mortgages were incurred before December 15, 2017. This year, the mortgage holders provided the following information: Mortgage Interest Paid $ 45,000 26,300 Average Balance of Mortgage $ 969,800 361,000 Principal residence Vacation home
Compute Mr. and Mrs. Kim's qualified residence interest. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)
Qualified residence interest________

Answer 1

Answer:

$53,577

Explanation:

Computation for Mr. and Mrs. Kim's qualified residence interest

Using this formula

Qualified residence interest=(Acquisition debt ÷ Total debt) ×Total interest

Where,

Total Acquisition=$ 969,800+ 361,000

Total Acquisition=$1,330,800

Total debt =$ 45,000 +26,300

Total debt=$71,300

Let plug in the formula

Qualified residence interest=(1,000,000÷$1,330,800)×$71,300

Qualified residence interest=$53,577

Therefore the Qualified residence interest is $53,577