I'm going to work on this workaround right now (although it doesn't seem right we need to do this), but I see your response says to total all the interest from all your 1098's which I've done. Then it says to use the outstanding mortgage principal (box 2) from your most recent 1098, which I have and that makes sense. But then you say to total all boxes 3, 4, and 5....but 3 is a date, how do I total a date? I'm guessing I use only one of the dates, but should it be from my original loan which originated in 2016 or the most recent refi which was a 2020 date?
