Mortgage Insurance Premiums - Entering In TaxAct
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Per IRS Publication 530 Tax Information for Homeowners, page 8:

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).

To enter your qualifying mortgage insurance premiums as an Itemized Deduction, please follow the steps below:

  1. From within your TaxACT return (Online or Desktop), click on the Federal Q&A tab
  2. Click Itemized or Standard Deductions to expand the category, then click Interest expenses
  3. Click Continue or No until you reach the screen titled Itemized Deductions - Qualified Mortgage Insurance Premiums