No, the interest is added on line 2 of Form 1040 and the penalty paid is deducted on Schedule 1 which gets transferred to Line 10 of Form 1040. A positive number there is a subtraction. See Form 1040 - Line 11 = Line 9 minus Line 10. It is decreasing your taxable income. @jgeller11
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