return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agoAverage American Debt: Household Debt Statistics, Average household debt hits $101,915www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down122
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minus-squareTenderfootGungi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoMy old boss kept refinancing his house to keep all the debt tax free. Need a new Mercedes? Time to refinance.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoDebt never gets taxed, it's not income. Debt forgiveness can be taxed as income though.
minus-squareAstroturfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThat's not a thing. Unless he was somehow laundering money through like cash mortgage payments and then refinancing cash out to spend.
My old boss kept refinancing his house to keep all the debt tax free. Need a new Mercedes? Time to refinance.
Debt never gets taxed, it's not income. Debt forgiveness can be taxed as income though.
That's not a thing. Unless he was somehow laundering money through like cash mortgage payments and then refinancing cash out to spend.