Married filing separately - taxpayer and spouse each deduct 50% of mortgage interest. Form 1098 is in spouse's name and SSN only. The program instructs the taxpayer to enter the name (and other information) of the person who received the form 1098 (spouse). The interest then appears on the line for mortgage interest not reported on form 1098 and shows the spouse's information as if she is the person from whom the taxpayer bought the home. This presentation is incorrect. I have not yet tried omitting the spouse's information, as I don't know if that will cause a problem with e-filing.
Can anyone explain why TurboTax does this? Do you have a solution?
Thanks.
