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Mortgage interest when married filing separately
Just so I understand, if married filing separately and both of us co-own the mortgage and lease, then both of us half to divide the percentage mortgage interest number on the 1098 in half?
Just to be clear, if I am the spouse that received the 1098 and my social is the only one listed on the 1098, despite both of us being on the load, then are we both supposed to split the percentage mortgage interest in half, then enter?
FYI-I already entered the full amount of the percentage mortgage interest because it is my SS# listed on the 1098. Now what? Does my husband not enter the 1098 or enter "0" for percentage mortgage interest?
Also, what about the taxes. We already are losing in NYS because of the tax cap. Do we get to enter the full tax amount for married filing separately OR are we supposed to divide that in half each too?