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jeep75

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Federal homestead exemption - filing jointly - only one name on mortgage

06-20-2011, 07:00 PM

If you are married and filing jointly but the mortgage is in only one persons name is the federal homestead exemption still doubled?
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debee

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06-20-2011, 08:09 PM

Yes. If she lives there, she gets the exemption too.

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