Budget Matters Blog


Should We Reform the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction? Three Different Views from Our Readers

After we published a blog piece on the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction (HMID) this summer, several people wrote in to tell us how this tax break affected their lives.


The Big Money in Tax Breaks: Top 3 Tax Breaks in 2013

If the U.S. Treasury estimated that something cost the government $1.13 trillion (that's $1,130,000,000,000) in 2013 alone, would you want to know about it?


The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction: Who Benefits?

When Chris and his wife decided to buy a house, the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction allowed them to buy their dream home.


Hot Summer Budget Battle #3: Tax Breaks

It’s sexier than you think. Tax breaks might not be your first thought for hot summer beach reading, but what we’re really talking about are big piles of cash.