IRS Acquiesces In Ninth Circuit Decision Giving Unmarried Couples Double The Mortgage Interest Deduction Available To Married Couples

The IRS has issued AOD 2016-02, 2016-31 IRB 193 (Aug. 1, 2016), acquiescing in the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Voss v. Commissioner, 796 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 2015), which held that the § 163(h)(3) limitations on the deductibility of mortgage interest ($1 million of acquisition indebtedness plus $100,000 of home…