Professor Ventry Comments for Bloomberg on Mortgage Interest Deduction

Professor Dennis J. Ventry, Jr. commented for Bloomberg.com on the mortgage interest tax deduction for an article examining possible elimination of the tax break.  Professor Ventry, who has published extensively on the subject, called the mortgage interest deduction "the most inequitable and inefficient provision in the Internal Revenue Code."

Professor Ventry is an expert in tax policy and has written widely in the field. His research interests include family taxation, tax expenditure analysis, legal ethics and professional standards, tax and legal history, tax compliance and administration, and public finance.