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Mortgage Insurance Premium Deduction for 2007-Consult your tax professional today!

This information is taken directly from IRS Publication 553 (3/2007) "Highlights of 2006 Tax Changes" 

Mortgage Insurance Premium Deduction

"Premiums that you pay or accrue for “qualified mortgage insurance” during 2007 in connection with home acquisition debt on your qualified home are deductible as an itemized deduction. The amount you can deduct is reduced by 10% (.10) for every $1,000 ($500 if your filing status is married filing separately) by which your adjusted gross income exceeds $100,000 ($50,000 if your filing status is married filing separately). For the definitions of home acquisition debt and qualified home, see Publication 936, Home Mortgage Interest Deduction.

Mortgage insurance premiums you paid or accrued on any mortgage insurance contract issued before January 1, 2007, are not deductible as an itemized deduction. Mortgage insurance premiums you paid or accrued after December 31, 2007, or that are properly allocable to any period after December 31, 2007, are not deductible as an itemized deduction.

Qualified mortgage insurance.   Qualified mortgage insurance is mortgage insurance provided by the Veterans Administration, the Federal Housing Administration, or the Rural Housing Administration, and private mortgage insurance (as defined in section 2 of the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 as in effect on December 20, 2006).

 

Special rules for prepaid mortgage insurance.   If you paid premiums for qualified mortgage insurance that are properly allocable to periods after the close of the taxable year, such premiums are treated as paid in the period to which they are allocated. No deduction is allowed for the unamortized balance if the mortgage is satisfied before its term (except in the case of qualified mortgage insurance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs or Rural Housing Administration).

 

Schedule A (Form 1040).   You can deduct mortgage insurance premiums you paid or accrued during 2007 on line 13 of the 2007 Schedule A (Form 1040). "
Published Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:46 AM by Terry Bailey

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