

The amount you pay must be clearly itemized as points on your loan documents.You cannot have borrowed the funds to pay for the points from the mortgage lender or broker.The points must not be used for items that are typically stand-alone fees, such as property taxes.You must use cash accounting on your taxes.The amount of points paid must not be excessive for your area.The use of points must be a normal business practice in your area.The points must be a percentage of your mortgage amount.The mortgage must be used to buy or build your primary residence.The IRS also imposes the following requirements to deduct mortgage points: If the amount you borrow to buy your home exceeds $750,000 million ($1M for mortgages originated before December 15, 2017), you are generally limited on the amount of points that you can deduct. If you choose to do business with this business, please let the business know that you contacted BBB for a BBB Business Profile.Īs a matter of policy, BBB does not endorse any product, service or business.Generally, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allows you to deduct the full amount of your points in the year you pay them. BBB Business Profiles are subject to change at any time. When considering complaint information, please take into account the company's size and volume of transactions, and understand that the nature of complaints and a firm's responses to them are often more important than the number of complaints.īBB Business Profiles generally cover a three-year reporting period.

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