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May 4, 2025
Question

My mortgage form 1098 shows we paid $7,546.79. There are 2 of us, so I paid $$3773. How do I enter the $35.29 (half of 70.58) earned interest on Escrow?

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Is the interest earned on the Escrow already factored into the amount found in Box 1 of the 1098?

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Employee
May 5, 2025

They should have issued a 1099-INT for the interest but some mortgage banks don't.  You can go to the section for bank interest, enter the name of the bank, the amount, and check the box for "I did not get a 1099-INT for this interest."

rfollot1Author
May 7, 2025

Thank you. I had the 1099-INT, which is how I knew the amount of interest we earned. What threw me was what appeared to be an inability to enter the amount as earned interest. Thankfully, I did what Opus 17 recommended. All is well. Thanks again.

Hal_Al
Employee
May 5, 2025

Unmarried couples claiming mortgage interest.

You pretty much have a choice. One can claim it all or you can split it. It's usually best if only one claims it, allowing the other to use the standard deduction.

You have to meet the rules, which are:

  1. You are legally obligated to pay it
  2. You actually pay it. Paying from a joint account where you made sufficient deposits to cover the payments will usually meet this standard. However, paying from your own account would be a stronger audit defense.