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- INTRODUCTION TO VERSION 3.0 of MORTCOST
-
- In May of 1986, the IRS issued a press release stating that interest points
- incurred when refinancing an existing mortgage could not be deducted in the
- following year. While they were still paid in the year that the
- refinancing occurred, the deduction would instead have to be spread out
- over the remaining years of the loan. Their position is that this is
- prepaid interest, and not subject to the same rules that apply for a new
- home purchase or home improvement. The IRS told us that this deduction
- must be spread over that period "ratably", or in other words, in equal
- amounts for each year.
-
- MORTCOST v3.0 has been modified to properly deal with the interest points
- deduction when you are analyzing the refinancing of a loan. The previous
- method of deducting points for the year that the loan is written remains in
- the program for analysis of new home loans and home improvement loans.
-
- Other improvements to v3.0 include a new menu for reviewing and changing
- inputs that is easier to use. The output was reorganized to accomodate
- handling of the new point analysis, and the loan costs are presented in a
- more logical order. A number of other minor internal improvements were
- made.
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- A new user registration program has been started with version 3.0 that
- provides you with added benefits. See MORTCOST.DOC for details.n. Their pos