Apologies: I should have said "mortgage interest and tax". (Our home insurance is included in our escrow, and the wrong term came to mind.)
Re 1) This is more of an IRS tax form puzzlement for me, but since mortgage interest and tax are part of the $24k analysis, and we ended up with the standard deduction, I wonder why TurboTax lists those two 'deductions' on Form 1098. Our charitable deductions and car registration don't show up as part of itemized deductions (because we took standard), yet the 1098 lists two amounts that don't matter, since we took the standard deduction.
Thank you.
