topic I bought a house December 28th, 2018. My box 10 on my 1098 is empty, but under that is a mortgage escrow statement. Is beginning escrow balance used for property tax? in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/i-bought-a-house-december-28th-2018-my-box-10-on-my-1098-is-empty-but-under-that-is-a-mortgage/01/571604#M74149 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 21:26:17 GMT hellobeautiful 2019-06-05T21:26:17Z I bought a house December 28th, 2018. My box 10 on my 1098 is empty, but under that is a mortgage escrow statement. Is beginning escrow balance used for property tax? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/i-bought-a-house-december-28th-2018-my-box-10-on-my-1098-is-empty-but-under-that-is-a-mortgage/01/571604#M74149 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 21:26:17 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/i-bought-a-house-december-28th-2018-my-box-10-on-my-1098-is-empty-but-under-that-is-a-mortgage/01/571604#M74149 hellobeautiful 2019-06-05T21:26:17Z No -- the escrow balance is  just info only. Till  proper... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/no-the-escrow-balance-is-just-info-only-till-proper/01/571612#M74150 <P>No -- the escrow balance is &nbsp;just info only. Till &nbsp;property tax is paid out of the escrow, you cannot &nbsp;claim that as a deduction on schedule A ( itemized deduction ).</P> Wed, 05 Jun 2019 21:26:19 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/no-the-escrow-balance-is-just-info-only-till-proper/01/571612#M74150 pk 2019-06-05T21:26:19Z Thank you! https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/thank-you/01/571617#M74151 Thank you! Wed, 05 Jun 2019 21:26:20 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/thank-you/01/571617#M74151 hellobeautiful 2019-06-05T21:26:20Z