New Member
posted
‎October 29, 2019
9:24 PM
last updated
‎October 29, 2019
9:24 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Email to a Friend
- Report Inappropriate Content
Is the mortgage interest that you can claim essentially the amount of mortgage payments you made that year which went towards paying off the mortgage interest?
Topics:
1 Best answer
Accepted Solutions
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Email to a Friend
- Report Inappropriate Content
Is the mortgage interest that you can claim essentially the amount of mortgage payments you made that year which went towards paying off the mortgage interest?
For a rental property you can deduct the interest payments only. You cannot deduct the principal portion of the payments. Your financial institution should send you an annual statement breaking out the principal vs. interest of your total payment.
Happy Filing!
Christine
3 Replies
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Email to a Friend
- Report Inappropriate Content
Is the mortgage interest that you can claim essentially the amount of mortgage payments you made that year which went towards paying off the mortgage interest?
Is your question in regard to a rental property?
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Email to a Friend
- Report Inappropriate Content
Is the mortgage interest that you can claim essentially the amount of mortgage payments you made that year which went towards paying off the mortgage interest?
Yes, sorry it is in regards to the mortgage interest for my rental property
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Email to a Friend
- Report Inappropriate Content
Is the mortgage interest that you can claim essentially the amount of mortgage payments you made that year which went towards paying off the mortgage interest?
For a rental property you can deduct the interest payments only. You cannot deduct the principal portion of the payments. Your financial institution should send you an annual statement breaking out the principal vs. interest of your total payment.
Happy Filing!
Christine