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Tom paid $17k in mortgage interest and $8k in property taxes last year.
His average tax rate is 21.5%, his marginal tax rate is 28%.
Compute Tom’s tax shield from the mortgage interest and property tax deduction.
Solution
Tax shield from mortgage interest = 17k * 28%= 4.76k
Tax shield from property tax deduction = 8k * 0.28= 2.24k
Tax shield are calculated on marginal tax rate as Tom would have to pay marginal tax rate.