You can't declare the sale until 2022, which is when you sold it. The purchase of the new home is not related to the sale of the old one. Whatever your lender requires has nothing to do with taxes. You can take the mortgage interest on both homes in 2021, as long as you are not over the limit.
The IRS lets you deduct your mortgage interest, but only if you itemize deductions. You can't deduct the principal (the borrowed money you're paying back).
In addition to itemizing, these conditions must be met for mortgage interest to be deductible:
- The loan is secured, which means the lender has some kind of guarantee of payment, usually in the form of property. If a borrower defaults on payments, the lender can seize the property that’s securing the loan. If you’re buying or refinancing a home, especially if it’s your first home, the loan is usually secured by the home you’re buying or refinancing.
- The home with the secured loan must have sleeping, cooking, and toilet facilities.
- The debt can’t exceed $750,000 (or $1,000,000 if the loan was taken before December 16, 2017) to get the full deduction.
- You or someone on your tax return must have signed or co-signed the loan.
- If you rented out the home, you must have used the home more than 14 days during the tax year or 10% of the number of days you rented it out, whichever is greater.
