Under the Deductions & Credits tab, when I click the Add/Edit button on first row listed, "Mortgage Interest and Refinancing (Form 1098)", it shows info from the one mortgage lender I entered previously.
Interest: $9,730.96
Points: $4,776.60
Property tax: $0
Clicking the Continue button in the bottom right brings me back to "Your Tax Breaks" section with the $33,971.00 amount listed for that "Mortgage Interest and Refinancing (Form 1098)" row. How is that ~$34k amount calculated? It seems like something messed up but I have no clue what. Some other pages or sections display useful links/tooltips with the anchor text saying "How did we come up with $X?" and it explains how the number was calculated. But here there was no such link or explanation.
For some background context, I purchased my first home last year. It's a 2-family home and an existing rent-paying tenant was already in one unit when I moved into the other. Under my "Wages & Income" section -> "Rental Properties and Royalties (Sch E)" row shows as -$9,499.00 because at some point when filling out that section it asked if I want to deduct or depreciate (since improvements/repairs/maintenance done totaled less than a certain amount) and I chose deduct. So I'm wondering, did that choice somehow effect this suspiciously large Mortgage Interest / Refinancing section?
