Form 1098 - Mortgage Interest Statement - 2012 (Page 6 of 6) in pdf

Form 1098 - Mortgage Interest Statement - 2012 Page 6

Instructions for Recipient/Lender

File Copy A of this form with the IRS by February 28,

General and specific form instructions are provided as

2013. If you file electronically, the due date is April 1,

separate products. The products you should use to

2013. To file electronically, you must have software that

complete Form 1098 are the 2012 General Instructions

generates a file according to the specifications in Pub.

for Certain Information Returns and the 2012

1220, Specifications for Filing Forms 1097, 1098, 1099,

Instructions for Form 1098. A chart in the general

3921, 3922, 5498, 8935, and W-2G Electronically. IRS

instructions gives a quick guide to which form must be

does not provide a fill-in form option.

filed to report a particular payment. To order these

instructions and additional forms, visit IRS.gov or call

Need help? If you have questions about reporting on

1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676).

Form 1098, call the information reporting customer

service site toll free at 1-866-455-7438 or 304-263-8700

Caution: Because paper forms are scanned during

(not toll free). For TTY/TDD equipment, call

processing, you cannot file Forms 1096, 1097, 1098,

304-579-4827 (not toll free). The hours of operation are

1099, 3921, 3922, or 5498 that you print from the IRS

Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

website.

Eastern time.

Due dates. Furnish Copy B of this form to the payer by

January 31, 2013.

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