Re:The Number of Older Student Loan Borrowers Is Rising
by hahla on Thursday January 12, 2017 @12:07PM
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Student loan interest is an adjustment ("deduction") to gross income not a credit. 2016 - $2,500 for the year max deduction, so based on your tax rate you can compute how much your real "savings" are. I wouldn't necessarily think of this as a shield against higher taxes.. the amount is marginal based on the tax bracket your in.
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Re:The Number of Older Student Loan Borrowers Is Rising
by planteen on Thursday January 12, 2017 @01:22PM
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I thought the same thing. My strategy was just to pay down loans as quickly as possible before putting money in stocks outside of retirement accounts. A flat year in the market doesn't make the OP's strategy worth it, not to mention a decline. Even in a really good year, $2500 isn't a huge amount to offset gains.
Re:The Number of Older Student Loan Borrowers Is Rising
by lettergram on Thursday January 12, 2017 @01:17PM
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Totally agree $2500 isn't much, but when you couple it with the fact I make more money on my investments than I do from paying down my loan (plus interest), it would actually cost me a lot more potential earnings paying down my loan.