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February 17, 2024
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Accrued Interest Paid on US Treasury Note

  • February 17, 2024
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I paid accrued interest in December of 2023 when I bought a US Treasury Note on the secondary market. I did not receive interest income on the Note until 2024. My 2023 Consolidated Forms 2023 includes a Supplemental Tax Statement which includes the amount of the accrued interest paid and the date of payment. Do I reduce interest income in 2023 (the year the accrued interest was paid) by the amount of accrued interest paid or do I reduce interest income in 2024 (the year the related interest income was received)?

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    Level 15
    February 17, 2024

    Yes, you have the portion of the interest reported that was paid to the seller.

    • Also include any accrued market discount that is includible in income and any gain on a contingent payment debt instrument that is includible in income as interest income.

    Since you did receive a 1099-INT for any accrued interest you did not yet receive, but rather the original owner received, you can make an adjustment.

     

    Accrued interest.

    When you buy bonds between interest payment dates and pay accrued interest to the seller, this interest is taxable to the seller. If you received a Form 1099 for interest as a purchaser of a bond with accrued interest, follow the rules earlier under Nominees to see how to report the accrued interest. But identify the amount to be subtracted as “Accrued Interest.”

     

    Nominee.

    If you received a Form 1099-INT that includes interest you received as a nominee (that is, in your name, but the interest actually belongs to someone else), report the total on line 1. Do this even if you later distributed some or all of this income to others. Under your last entry on line 1, put a subtotal of all interest listed on line 1. Below this subtotal, enter “Nominee Distribution” and show the total interest you received as a nominee. Subtract this amount from the subtotal and enter the result on line 2.

    In TurboTax you do this by entering the 1099-INT, then checking on the next screen that you need to adjust the amount.  

    You'll then be able to enter the adjustment amount and check the reason for the adjustment.

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    Os412Author
    Level 2
    February 17, 2024

    So should I take the deduction for the Accrued Interest Paid in 2023 (the year it was paid) or 2024 (the year the first related interest income payment was received?

    Level 15
    February 17, 2024

    Use the form.  The form says 2023 do it in 2023.

     

    @Os412 

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