The name and address of the person who received the form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nDeduct your share of the interest on Schedule A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When claiming married filing separately, mortgage interest would be claimed by the person who made the payment. Therefore, if one of you paid alone from your own account, that person can claim all of the mortgage interest and property taxes. In most cases, if you paid the expenses with a joint account you must divide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjustments-and-deductions","category-filing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"
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