Monday, May 21, 2012


Help your family, but beware 'phantom interest'

Q I plan to lend my son and daughter-in-law $100,000 to assist them in buying their first home, a condominium in Maryland. I have heard about a legal concept called “imputed interest” and don’t want to get caught in some kind of Internal Revenue Service trap. Exactly what is “imputed interest?”


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