as a deduction

First, mortgage interest is not eligible to be used as a deduction unless it is “acquisition debt.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Today, our tax code allows gamblers to take certain losses as a deduction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

If found guilty by the Premier League investigation, City faces punishments as severe as a deduction of points or even expulsion from English soccer’s top division.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

So, if you had to purchase a new suit for your accounting job, you would not be able to use this as a deduction on taxes as it does not qualify under current IRS guidelines.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Mar. 21, 2018

This, as a deduction of the eighths allowed by custom to the purser was made from their ration, was somewhat less than what was to be issued in the settlement.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. by David Collins