What type of 1098 is this?
If for reporting mortgage interest, you will need to ask the Lender what they reported in Box 10.
Box 10 is for whatever the Lender wants to use it for.
You could leave it blank if it is causing an error
Usually a number in parentheses means it is a negative number.
According to the IRS:
"Enter any other item you wish to report to the payer, such as real estate taxes, insurance paid from escrow, or, if you are a collection agent, the name of the person for whom you collected the interest."
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