As a cosigner who has been paying the loan for the debtor can you claim the payments as tax deduction?

Your in a tricky realm here: Only the interest you pay on YOUR home mortgage is deductible....so if you want to claim it as a deduction under that, it better be your residence (already deducting another mortgage could make it obvious). But I'm thinking

• If there is an agreement between you and the primary that makes

him in debt to you for the amount, AND you can show there is no chance of collecting on that debt...than you MAY have a personal bad debt deduction...which has a number of complexities...but perhaps something to review with legal/accounting consultant more.