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.
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.