To encourage compliance with the tax laws relating to the mortgage interest deduction, the regulations require the reporting on Form 1098 of points paid on residential mortgage. Only businesses that receive mortgage interest in the course of a trade or business are affected by this reporting requirement.
US Code:
26 USC 6050
Name of Law: Information Concerning Transactions With Other Persons
PL:
Pub.L. 115 - 97 11043
Name of Law: Deduction for Home Mortgage Interest
PL: Pub.L. 115 - 97 11043 Name of Law: Mortgage Interest Deduction
The change in the burden previously approved by OMB resulted from combining the ICs for form 1098 and TD 8571 under one OMB control number; however, did not include the burden estimates of both collections resulting in an increase of 8,883,089 of burden hours. Change in estimate responses increased from 66,989,155 to 75,714,100, an increase of 8,724,945 in filers. Other changes to the burden estimates were due to PL 115-97 section 11043 Act; that added new box "11" to Form1098. The new box increased the response time from .23 hours to .25 hours per response, resulting in an increase due to statute of 2,006,737 hours.
$102,663
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Dilip Sippy 859 488-3823 dilip.d.sippy@irs.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.