03/14/2018
Mortgage Insurance Amounts – Tax Deduction for 2017 -
Corrected 1098s to Approximately 30,000 Mortgage Borrowers
On February 9, 2018, Congress retroactively passed H.R.1892 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The Act extends the ability for some borrowers to utilize the amount paid toward Mortgage Insurance Premiums in 2017 as a deduction.
At the prior instruction of the IRS, borrowers were sent a 2017 1098 Mortgage Interest form without populating the Mortgage Insurance Premiums paid year-to-date in Box 5.
Due to this retroactively passed Act by Congress, on February 23, 2018 the IRS released instruction to servicers to provide corrected 1098 Statements to borrowers no later than March 15, 2018.
Borrowers will receive a corrected 1098 Mortgage Interest form containing the amount paid toward Mortgage Insurance Premiums in Box 5. Mortgage Insurance Premiums applicable to Box 5 may contain any of the following:
• MIP monthly premiums in 2017
• Upfront MIP paid on a loan closing in 2017
• Borrower paid PMI monthly premiums in 2017
• Upfront borrower paid PMI on a loan closing in 2017
• VA Funding Fees paid on a loan closing in 2017
These corrected 1098 Statements will be mailed on March 15, 2018.