If you take a loan to buy investment assets, any interest that you pay on that loan is called an "investment interest expense." Under some circumstances, the IRS allows you to deduct investment ...

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Each year when it’s time to file your federal income tax return, you must make an important decision: Claim the standard deduction or itemize. You can’t do both—you have to pick just one. Fortunately, ...