Review keeps going back to form 1098: mortgage interest paid+date of origination. I've entered that. Tried acquisition date blank and filled. Neither works. What's wrong?

[KarenJ2]

Suggestions:

You can delete the mortgage interest data and re-input.

1. Click on Federal on the left hand side or your screen
2. Click on Deductions & Credits
3. Click on Your Home
4. Revist Mortgage Interest and Refinancing

In Box 2, enter the amount of your outstanding mortgage principal on January 1, 2019, if you're doing your 2019 income tax return(s).

Per IRS Form 1098-Mortgage, instructions for Box 2: 

• Shows the outstanding principal on the mortgage as of January 1, 2019.
• If the mortgage originated in 2019, use the mortgage principal as of the date of origination.
• If the recipient/lender acquired the loan in 2019, use the mortgage principal as of the date of acquisition.

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