If you've got a refinance with outstanding mortgage on both 1098 forms (line 2), the software adds them together. That prompts a limitation on the interest because the amount exceeds the threshold.
To correct the error, you have to prevent the two 1098s from being added together. Here's what to do:
Home Debt Over $375,000
Under tax law, you are limited on the amount of home interest you can deduct. The limit is based on the loan amount and date of the origination of debt. We want to make sure we calculate this correctly for you.
If you refinanced last year, you’ll have a Form 1098 from your previous lender and one from the lender you refinanced with. You’ll need both forms.
Follow these steps to enter your mortgage information:
- Gather all of your 1098 forms related to your refinance (the form from your original lender and the form from your new lender)
- Grab a calculator and add together the box 1 amount from each form. Enter the total in TurboTax as Box 1 Mortgage interest.
- Add the Box 5 amount from each form and enter the total as Box 5 Mortgage insurance premiums. (If you weren’t required to pay mortgage interest, these boxes will be blank on your forms and you won’t enter anything.)
- Add the property tax paid from each form and enter it in the Property (real estate) taxes box.
Next, finish adding info for boxes 2, 3, 7, and 11 using Form 1098 for the original loan.
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