If you qualified for this program, you claim the credit on Form 8396 each year for some of the mortgage interest that you pay.
To enter your Mortgage Credit Certificate in TurboTax (Online Free Edition does not support this feature):
Please log into your TurboTax account and continue your return and then:
Select the “Federal Taxes” tab (for the Home & Business edition, select the “Personal” tab)
Select the “Deductions & Credits” tab, then press “I’ll choose what I work on” (online editions select “Check for other tax breaks” then select “Jump to the full list”)
Scroll down to the “Your Home” section, then (online editions select “Show more” if needed) then press “Start” or “Update” (online editions “Start or Revisit”) Mortgage Interest Credit Certificate
Answer “Yes” to “Do You Have a Mortgage Credit Certificate” and press “Continue”
Continue adding the information requested on the following screens from the certificate(s) you have and press “Continue” when finished with each. For the mortgage interest field, only enter mortgage interest that was for the loan covered by your certificate (do not use interest from other loans).
If you have more than one certificate, press “Done” when you have finished entering all of them, then press “Continue”.
On the “Qualified Main Home Address, enter the address of the home that you received the Mortgage Credit Certificate for, then press “Continue”
You can get more information about Home Mortgage Interest in general at https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Home-Ownership/Deducting-Mortgage-Interest-FAQs/INF12...
You can get more information about the Mortgage Interest Credit on page 8 of Publication 530 from the IRS at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p530.pdf
