Use your Dec 31 actual amount of credit used. The information you enter goes to a worksheet to figure out the allowable mortgage interest which is based on actual values not possible values. Enter your information so the worksheet can correctly calculate your allowed mortgage interest. The final answer goes to Sch A mortgage interest and that one number is all the IRS sees.
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