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June 3, 2019
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My boyfriend and I bought a house and we are both on the mortgage. I’m the primary borrower, can just I claim it? The checks come from my account and he pays me cash...

  • June 3, 2019
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Critter
Employee
June 3, 2019

Yes you can and in fact it is best if only one of you claim the itemized deductions for the house and leave the other to file using the standard deduction.  This way you get a bigger refund between both returns.

Employee
June 3, 2019
Officially...since they are not married, each can only claim what they actually paid themselves, which sounds like 50/50