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Buying a house and property tax does qualify. However, there can be any number of reasons it doesn't show up on your Schedule A (Itemized Deductions).
One common reason is that your total itemized deductions (Property Tax, Mortgage Interest, Charitable Donations and State Income Tax) don't add up to more than the standard deduction for your filing status. More info about your situation would be needed to know for sure.
Especially for first-time homebuyers, timing is everything. If you buy a house towards the end of the year, the home owner deductions (Mortgage Interest and Property Tax) won't add up to anything significant or helpful in the few months that you owned it. In fact, if you bought in November, your first mortgage payment is sometimes not until January. That's no help.
However, if you bought in January or February, you have 11 or 12 months for that interest to accumulate and help you in your taxes.
Included below is some info on closing costs from your HUD statement that may help.
Here are the standard deduction amounts for 2016. (Your itemized deductions need to exceed this number in order for them to help you and trigger a Schedule A on your return.)
Filing Status Standard DeductionYou can deduct any taxes paid or mortgage interest as part of your closing costs and reported on your HUD-1.
The following lines may vary as the official HUD form changes over time: http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/forms/files/1.pdf
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