New to Real Estate · Las Vegas, NV · Member since 2016 · 105 posts · 31 votes
I'm a home owner, and pay my mortgage on the 1st of each month. As we are getting closer to the new year, I wanted to know if a January 2017 payment made in December 2016, would the interest on that payment be applied towards 2016 taxes, or 2017 taxes?
full-time CPA & part-time RE Investor · Colorado Springs, CO · Member since 2016 · 102 posts · 46 votes
10y
Good question @Greg Rutkowski. The answer is, a mortgage payment in 2016 would allow you to take that payment's interest piece in 2016. BUT, be sure you send in the January payment by mid December, so the mortgage company receives it and posts it as a December payment. I usually make mine around December 15th.
full-time CPA & part-time RE Investor · Colorado Springs, CO · Member since 2016 · 102 posts · 46 votes
10y
Good question @Greg Rutkowski. The answer is, a mortgage payment in 2016 would allow you to take that payment's interest piece in 2016. BUT, be sure you send in the January payment by mid December, so the mortgage company receives it and posts it as a December payment. I usually make mine around December 15th.
full-time CPA & part-time RE Investor · Colorado Springs, CO · Member since 2016 · 102 posts · 46 votes
10y
@Patrick Kendrick, no it isn't really that significant. But, if you find that you will have a large tax liability this year, every little deduction helps! It is the same reason many of my business clients go on a "shopping spree" in December, to buy supplies and other things they can deduct for their businesses.
Remember - It also reduces your deduction next year, because you will only have 11 payments in 2017, unless you do it again next December!