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- From: carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl)
- Newsgroups: misc.taxes
- Subject: Re: What and When can I c
- Message-ID: <CARL.93Jan25162920@atlantis.Cayman.COM>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 21:29:20 GMT
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- In-reply-to: larry@dprmpt.UUCP's message of 21 Jan 93 06:28:04 GMT
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- >>
- >>As long as you write and date and mail your check in 1992, you can
- >>deduct even if the mortgage company doesn't receive the payment
- >>until 1993.
-
- >That's what I thought, too, BUT...
-
- >I sent my mortgage company a check for both my January and February
- >house payments a week before the end of 1992 so I could claim the
- >extra month's interest in 1992. I specifically noted on the payment
- >stubs that the extra check was for the Feb. 1993 payment and NOT to be
- >applied to reduce principal or escrow.
-
- >When I got my "1098 Substitute" statement 3 days ago, it said:
-
- TOTAL INTEREST APPLIED 1992 (NEXT DUE DATE 03/01/92) $ X,XXX.XX
- LESS NET PREPAID INTEREST - CURRENT YEAR YYY.YY
- 1992 NET INTEREST PAYMENTS REPORTED TO IRS ***** $ Z,ZZZ.ZZ
-
- >$ xxx.xx represents the interest portion of the Feb. 1993 payment. I
- >called Customer Service and was told that "the IRS told them that only the
- >January payment's interest could be deducted in 1992" and said that
- >this was not the bank's rule but that the IRS made them do it this
- >way. What this means is that even though I paid the extra payment in
- >1992 and the bank received and posted it in 1992, I still cannot
- >deduct it until 1993. I'm confused !?!? This means I get the same
- >interest deduction this year whether I paid the extra interest or
- >not!
-
- You can only deduct the interest that is "due and payable" in 1992.
- The only reaon that January's payment is deductible is that your
- mortgage payment is due and payable on January 1st. Well, all of the
- interest in that statement was accumulated during December.
-
- >I will be checking with the IRS and my CPA on this and will post a
- >followup for those interested.
-
- If you have a CPA you should have checked with him BEFORE you pulled a
- move like this. If he advised you to do it then he's a bone head -
- get a new CPA!!!
-
- -Carl-
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