Ideally, the mortgage interest should be entered in the full amount on the return of the person whose Social Security Number appears on the Form 1098, so that the IRS matching program will find it.
If you live together in a community property state, you can allocate half of the interest to the return of the other spouse when you complete the community property allocation worksheet. Also, note that if one of you plans to itemize deductions, the other person must itemize as well. Otherwise, you'll both have to use the Standard Deduction. Please see this TurboTax help article for more information.
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