The rent on an apartment you like is $1500 per month. The monthly mortgage payment for a house you like would be $1800, of which approximately $1300 would go toward interest. Decide whether your monthly expense would be higher for the apartment or the house in the following cases. Assume you are single and assume the 2021 value of $12,550 for the standard deduction Complete parts (a) and (b). a. You are in the 24% tax bracket, and besides the mortgage interest deduction, you also have deductible expenses of $4700 for charitable donations and $8300 for state and local taxes. It is cheaper to with a monthly expense of $ (Round to the nearest dollar as needed.)