Countries designated electoral democracies in Freedom House's 2016 survey Freedom in the World, covering the year 2016. Representative democracy (also indirect democracy, representative republic, or psephocracy) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.
3. Deduct the points over the life of the loan if you cannot meet all of the requirements to deduct them immediately. If your loan is for 30 years then you can deduct 1/30th of the points each year on your taxes.Typically you must deduct the points on a refinance mortgage over the life of the loan unless part of the refinance proceeds are used to improve the main home.. Deduct the points over the life of the loan if you cannot meet all of the requirements to deduct them immediately. If your loan is for 30 years then you can deduct 1/30th of the points each year on your taxes.
A point is a fee equal to 1 percent of the loan amount. A 30-year, $150,000 mortgage might have a rate of 7 percent but come with a charge of 1 point, or $1,500. A lender can charge 1, 2 or more points. There are two kinds of points: discount points and origination points. Discount points: These are actually prepaid interest on the mortgage loan. The more points you pay, the lower the interest rate on the loan and vice versa. Borrowers typically can pay anywhere from zero to 3 or 4 points, depending on how much they want to lower their rates. This kind of point is tax-deductible.