bueller
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I don't claim to be a tax expert but I do my own returns so I'm reasonably familiar with the common deductions. Looks like because of the increase in the standard deduction and the $10,000 cap on combined state and local property, sales, and income taxes, many including myself will no longer be itemizing deductions after this year. If you have the money available now and you pay your mortgage(s) on the first of the month or shortly thereafter consider making your next payment prior to the end of this year so the interest paid is deductible this year. I did this and I also just paid my 2017 property taxes due in 2018 in full so that I can deduct them this year.