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Another aspect of this arrangement: you don't pay federal income tax on money you receive as a loan in the US. The money does not count as income because of the matching obligation to pay it back.



Said differently, it doesn't count as income because it's not income.

I borrowed just shy of a million dollars to buy my house. That money sure wasn't income...


Is there any county where a loan is counted as income?




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