Enter the amount of your outstanding mortgage principal on January 1, 2019, if you're doing your 2019 income tax return(s).
Per IRS Form 1098-Mortgage, instructions for Box 2:
- Shows the outstanding principal on the mortgage as of January 1, 2019.
- If the mortgage originated in 2019, shows the mortgage principal as of the date of origination.
- If the recipient/lender acquired the loan in 2019, shows the mortgage principal as of the date of acquisition.
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