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Deductions & credits
You should have received a closing statement from the agent or your attorney. The only deductible items will be property taxes and mortgage interest. You should have paid 2 days of interest (or maybe 1 day). You can enter that as interest and check the box for "I did not receive a 1098".
You paid the seller a credit for property taxes for the time you would be owning the house, if taxes are paid in advance in your area. For example, in some locations in New York State, county property taxes are due Feb 15 for a Jan 1-Dec 31 tax year, and school taxes are due in October for a September 1-August 31 tax year. So in that case, you would have paid the seller a credit for 1 day of county taxes and 8 months of school taxes. You can deduct those taxes as if you paid them directly to the taxing authority.
Some other closing costs can be added to your cost basis, which may reduce your capital gains when you sell, but are not immediately deductible. Other closing costs have no tax treatment at all, not adjustments and not deductible. This is discussed in publication 523.