Is the interest on a home loan from a family member tax deductible?

August 30th, 2010 by Bank Loan | 3 Comments | Filed in Loans

Question by thus: Is the interest on a home loan from a family member tax deductible?
Let’s say a family member loans me some money so I can pay cash for a house. That family member charges me interest on the loan in accordance with the IRS Applicable Federal Rate.

My question is: Is the interest I pay to a family member for a home loan tax deductible? If not, does having a promissory note for the loan enable me to then deduct the interest payments?
Thank you for your answers.
Further question: Do family loans alter my credit score?

Best answer:

Answer by SmartA$$
Yes, its possible for you to deduct the interest if you have a legally binding loan contract which makes you legally obligated to pay the debt and the house is used as security for the loan.

Keep in mind that the family member receiving the interest income better be reporting it on their taxes.

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BOC earnings fail to hit the mark

August 29th, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Bank

BOC earnings fail to hit the mark
Bank of China (3988) blamed weaker non-interest income in the second quarter for its first-half profits coming in below forecasts.
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How do I report bank interest on part-year resident forms?

August 29th, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Bank

Question by Kim D: How do I report bank interest on part-year resident forms?
I moved from NY to CA in 09/2006. My question is about how to report bank interest income on the state income tax forms. Do I need to determine how much interest was earned from my bank accounts during the period when I lived in each state? I imagine that the interest income needs to be reported somewhere. Do I need to use my statements to figure out exactly how much was earned in each location?

Best answer:

Answer by bostonianinmo
You answered your own question! Just use the bank statements to apportion it.

Keep in mind that you may still owe taxes on any interest earned if you left the money in the account after you moved from the state! The state where the account exists IS entitled to levy tax on the income as is your home state. However you will get a credit for the taxes paid to the other state on your home state’s return.

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August 27th, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Bank

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Q&A: Mutual Fund?

August 13th, 2010 by Bank Loan | 3 Comments | Filed in News

Question by visu: Mutual Fund?
What is an mutual fund???
how to invest…???
basics of investing…..????
please help me in investing……..

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Answer by Strategist
Mutual Funds/Unit Trusts is a form of collective investment that pools money from many investors and invests the money in stocks, bonds, short-term money-market instruments, and/or other securities. Because they invest in a pool of investment tools, they are well-diversified instruments, and so have less risk than individual stocks and derivatives. Invested over time, these returns can compound to very attractive sums unlike savings. With the right funds and proper planning, you can reap good returns.

They are managed by professional fund managers whose job is to generate a good return for your money. The portfolio manager trades the fund’s underlying securities, realizing a gain or loss, and/or collects the dividends or interest income. The investment proceeds are then passed along to the individual investors.

If you need more information, you can refer to the website below for more.

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Financial Services Consultant Reveals How to Analyze Personal Tax Returns in Web Conference on March 13, 2007

August 9th, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Bank



Charlotte, N.C. (PRWEB) February 21, 2007

Financial services consultant Omega Performance announced today that Jan Abrams, senior project manager, will lead a complimentary, 60-minute Web conference entitled “Unraveling the Mysteries of K-1s and Pass-Throughs—The Secret to Understanding Personal Tax Returns.” The banking strategies Web conference will be held Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at 12:00 PM EST.    

Developed for retail lenders, private bankers, wealth management and business bankers, the banking strategies Web conference will review the three types of K-1s, how to find cash items and non-cash items in a tax return, and how to apply that knowledge in analyzing a client’s ability to repay debt. Financial service consulting offers results to the bank such as improved credit quality and reduced risk, increased lender productivity, and strengthened customer relationships.    

“If a bank’s customers have an ownership interest in a business, or benefit from a trust or estate, it is likely that some of the income and expenses captured in their personal tax returns are not actually cash,” said Abrams. “Each partnership, S corporation, estate, and trust must provide the owners or beneficiaries with a Form K-1 showing the owner’s or beneficiary’s share of all taxable items. Those taxable items appear throughout the tax return, some of them in places that a lender would generally assume are cash income such as interest income and dividends. This banking strategies Web conference will demystify K-1s, enabling attendees to perform an accurate cash flow analysis by determining what is truly cash and what is not.”

To register for “Unraveling the Mysteries of K-1s and Pass-Throughs—The Secret to Understanding Personal Tax Returns,” visit Omega-Performance.com

About Omega Performance

The financial services consultant Omega Performance has enabled more than 2,500 firms worldwide to drive and sustain improved business results. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Informa plc (INF on the London Stock Exchange), the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional and commercial business communities. Informa has over 150 offices in more than 40 countries and employs over 7,000 staff around the world. Financial services consultant Omega Performance is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., USA, with major offices in Auckland, Johannesburg, Lagos, London, Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, and Toronto.

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Bank Of America Billions!

August 8th, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Bank

Bank Of America Billions!

Bank of America Corp., the biggest U.S. lender, posted its second quarterly loss in less than a year, unable to shake off effects of the economic contraction that drove the company to take two taxpayer bailouts. So, let’s see. Two bailouts and the lowest charges on Fed Funds ever and they lost how much? 

I thought the recession was over. Didn’t Bernanke tell us that?

“”Obviously, credit costs remain high, and that is our major financial challenge going forward,” Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis said in a statement. Say what? Banks are borrowing for next to nothing, nada, zero interest rates. Maybe that’s why Ken Lewis resigned. And some are even feeling sorry for hum because he’s taking no salary for this year. Yep, Ken is not taking his .5 million dollar CEO salary.

But, wait!

Don’t feel too sorry for him because as it goes with politics and the powers that be, Ken gets his TENS OF MILLIONS in retirement package. That should help him recover from the loss of his salary that’s less than 5% of his retirement package deal. Who said there were no more free lunches or golden parachutes?

Guess again!  :-)

The billion third-quarter loss, or 26 cents per diluted share, compared with a profit of .18 billion, or 15 cents, a year earlier, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank said today in a statement. The loss was more than analysts estimated and the only one posted by the nation’s three biggest lenders. Bank of America dropped 5.4 percent in early New York trading.

Blame the losses on dead beat consumers who have defaulted on their obligations.

Revenue from credit cards, brokerage services, investment banking and mortgage banking slid from the previous quarter, and Bank of America’s non-interest income dropped by 31 percent to .6 billion. Those declines offset a 57 percent gain in trading account profits.

Bank of America said net write-offs of uncollectible loans rose 11 percent from the second quarter to .62 billion. The bank wrote off .2 billion of home loans, including home equity loans, during the quarter, up 10 percent from the second quarter. Charge-offs on credit cards increased 5 percent to .17 billion.

 

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August 3rd, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Loans

MIDF Research positive on bank sector
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Got cash?

August 3rd, 2010 by Bank Loan | No Comments | Filed in Loans

Got cash?
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MIDF Research positive on bank sector
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