Articles Index

When Disaster Strikes - Unisured Home Losses

How to prepare in case disaster strikes your home. Making an inventory list of household belongings and content. Which uninsured losses are eligible to write off your taxes?

Loan Points - Are Loan Points a Tax Deduction?

What are points and how do loan points work? How do points qualify as a tax deduction? Why buyers can write off loan points that sellers pay. How to write off prepayment penalties from taxes.

Tax Consequences for Home Business Offices

Tax consequences when your home has been partly depreciated due to maintaining a business office and then sold. Whether you need to recapture depreciation write-offs.

Biography of Julian Block

Biography of Julian Block, an attorney in Larchmont, New York, and a contributing guest writer to homebuying.about.com.

Tax Breaks for Home Selling

Tax breaks for home selling. How the IRS treats profits above the exclusion guidelines. Must home sellers pay taxes on the sale of personal property?

Home Losses on a Personal Residence

How to write off a home loss on your personal residence by turning it into a rental. IRS guidelines and expert tax advice about deducting home losses from your tax return.