Where do I add up front mortgage insurance paid on a HUD if not listed on my 1098? Refinanced with same lender.

[jennyfox99]

I refinanced my home midway through 2016 with the same lender and received 2-1098 forms. However I paid for points (found that part on here) and upfront mortgage insurance. The mortgage insurance I paid on the HUD is not added onto either 1098 from the lender. Do I just add that into the new 1098 box under Mortgage Insurance? Don't want to throw up a red flag because that amount is not listed on my 1098 & I don't see a separate box / area where to list that.

[CherylW · Accepted solution]

As you go through the Mortgage section, answer Yes to Did you take out this loan in 2016?  Turbo Tax asks you about points. 

A few screens later, you'll see Points only appear on our closing statement (HUD-1).  There you can enter your points from your HUD.  Make sure you document in your files where you got the amount from, as backup.

[jennyfox99]

So you add your upfront mortgage insurance into total points? I thought points was only the origination fee. What other line items on the HUD constitutes as points?

[CherylW]

No, separate them on the pages of Turbo Tax.

[Opus 17]

Mortgage insurance premiums.  If you paid a lump sum premium for mortgage insurance from the VA or the Rural Housing Authority (called a funding fee) that is deductible in the year you close.  Other lump sum mortgage insurance premiums must be spread out over 84 months and deducted when you make your monthly mortgage payment so you would not have a deduction this year.  Your bank is supposed to put allocated lump sum PMI on the 1098 but not all do.  If your bank did not, you can enter the premiums yourself.  Be aware that turbotax does not keep track of the 84 month deduction, you need to do that yourself.  And the mortgage insurance deduction also has an income limit so not every one will qualify.