Re: taxes
Posted by Cathy Ann on 1/18/10

On 1/18/10, v wrote:
> I agree! You could do better as a call gurl. Keep all your
> money, pay NO taxes. No worry about write offs. NO husband ta
> piss you off.
>
>
> On 1/17/10, sharwinston wrote:
>> Think about it like this & you should be able to answer your
>> own question: Absent any agreement to the contrary, you
>> have no legal obligation to make the payment & no legal
>> rights of ownership -- you're in the same position as a
>> tenant and he's the landlord. Now, who do you think gets to
>> write off the interest on their taxes! You're just paying
>> another kind of "rent."
>>
>> On 1/17/10, Cathy Ann wrote:
>>> I live in a house that is in my husbands name although, I
>>> pay the note. My question is; do I have to claim the
>>> interest that has acrued through my payments, or just let
>>> my hustand have that write off being as his name is the
>>> only one on the loan? My house payment is 1900 a month. Is
>>> it worth hassling with him over who will get the write
>>> off? What do you think?

So actually I have no claim even though he put my name on the
deed? We are estranged - though still legally married. He will
eventually throw me out whenever he feels like it when he can
find someone to charge higher payments too. I probably would be
better off renting from strangers having my own apartment if this
is the case.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• CA: taxes, 1/17/10, by Cathy Ann.
• Re: taxes, 1/17/10, by sharwinston.
• Re: taxes, 1/18/10, by v.
• Re: taxes, 1/18/10, by Cathy Ann.
• Re: taxes, 1/18/10, by sharwinston.
• Re: taxes, 1/18/10, by Cathy Ann.