Is Mortgage interest accrued after a December payment tax deductible?
I have a Mortgage that I make monthly payments on. In December 2018, I made a payment toward that mortgage part way through the month (let's say December 15th for simplicity). The interest is compounded daily. Is the interest that accrues from the 16th until the end of the month tax deductible for 2018 even though I won't actually be paying that interest until 2019?
In short, is the interest calculation required for Federal USA taxes based on payments in 2018 or based on interest accrued in 2018?
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I have a Mortgage that I make monthly payments on. In December 2018, I made a payment toward that mortgage part way through the month (let's say December 15th for simplicity). The interest is compounded daily. Is the interest that accrues from the 16th until the end of the month tax deductible for 2018 even though I won't actually be paying that interest until 2019?
In short, is the interest calculation required for Federal USA taxes based on payments in 2018 or based on interest accrued in 2018?
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I have a Mortgage that I make monthly payments on. In December 2018, I made a payment toward that mortgage part way through the month (let's say December 15th for simplicity). The interest is compounded daily. Is the interest that accrues from the 16th until the end of the month tax deductible for 2018 even though I won't actually be paying that interest until 2019?
In short, is the interest calculation required for Federal USA taxes based on payments in 2018 or based on interest accrued in 2018?
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I have a Mortgage that I make monthly payments on. In December 2018, I made a payment toward that mortgage part way through the month (let's say December 15th for simplicity). The interest is compounded daily. Is the interest that accrues from the 16th until the end of the month tax deductible for 2018 even though I won't actually be paying that interest until 2019?
In short, is the interest calculation required for Federal USA taxes based on payments in 2018 or based on interest accrued in 2018?
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In short, is the interest calculation required for Federal USA taxes
based on payments in 2018 or based on interest accrued in 2018?
Interest paid. The IRS cares about actual amounts paid for individual tax returns. This is the same reason your W-2 reflects the sum of your paychecks for the tax year without factoring in any partial pay-periods in Jan/Dec.
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You may not be able to claim that ~15 days interest for December of 2018, but next year, you'll be able to recoup that with claiming the whole of the interest on your January 15, 2019 mortgage payment, rather than just claiming the last 15 days of accrual that accrued only in 2019.
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In short, is the interest calculation required for Federal USA taxes
based on payments in 2018 or based on interest accrued in 2018?
Interest paid. The IRS cares about actual amounts paid for individual tax returns. This is the same reason your W-2 reflects the sum of your paychecks for the tax year without factoring in any partial pay-periods in Jan/Dec.
answered 5 hours ago
Hart COHart CO
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You may not be able to claim that ~15 days interest for December of 2018, but next year, you'll be able to recoup that with claiming the whole of the interest on your January 15, 2019 mortgage payment, rather than just claiming the last 15 days of accrual that accrued only in 2019.
– Milwrdfan
1 hour ago
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In short, is the interest calculation required for Federal USA taxes
based on payments in 2018 or based on interest accrued in 2018?
Interest paid. The IRS cares about actual amounts paid for individual tax returns. This is the same reason your W-2 reflects the sum of your paychecks for the tax year without factoring in any partial pay-periods in Jan/Dec.
answered 5 hours ago
Hart COHart CO
32.6k57692
You may not be able to claim that ~15 days interest for December of 2018, but next year, you'll be able to recoup that with claiming the whole of the interest on your January 15, 2019 mortgage payment, rather than just claiming the last 15 days of accrual that accrued only in 2019.
– Milwrdfan
1 hour ago
add a comment |
In short, is the interest calculation required for Federal USA taxes
based on payments in 2018 or based on interest accrued in 2018?
Interest paid. The IRS cares about actual amounts paid for individual tax returns. This is the same reason your W-2 reflects the sum of your paychecks for the tax year without factoring in any partial pay-periods in Jan/Dec.
answered 5 hours ago
Hart COHart CO
32.6k57692
In short, is the interest calculation required for Federal USA taxes
based on payments in 2018 or based on interest accrued in 2018?
Interest paid. The IRS cares about actual amounts paid for individual tax returns. This is the same reason your W-2 reflects the sum of your paychecks for the tax year without factoring in any partial pay-periods in Jan/Dec.
answered 5 hours ago
Hart COHart CO
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You may not be able to claim that ~15 days interest for December of 2018, but next year, you'll be able to recoup that with claiming the whole of the interest on your January 15, 2019 mortgage payment, rather than just claiming the last 15 days of accrual that accrued only in 2019.
– Milwrdfan
1 hour ago
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You may not be able to claim that ~15 days interest for December of 2018, but next year, you'll be able to recoup that with claiming the whole of the interest on your January 15, 2019 mortgage payment, rather than just claiming the last 15 days of accrual that accrued only in 2019.
– Milwrdfan
1 hour ago
You may not be able to claim that ~15 days interest for December of 2018, but next year, you'll be able to recoup that with claiming the whole of the interest on your January 15, 2019 mortgage payment, rather than just claiming the last 15 days of accrual that accrued only in 2019.
– Milwrdfan
1 hour ago
You may not be able to claim that ~15 days interest for December of 2018, but next year, you'll be able to recoup that with claiming the whole of the interest on your January 15, 2019 mortgage payment, rather than just claiming the last 15 days of accrual that accrued only in 2019.
– Milwrdfan
1 hour ago
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