Claiming Home Mortgage Interest You must itemize your deductions on Form 1040, Schedule A to claim mortgage interest. This means foregoing the standard deduction for your filing statusâit's an either/or situation. You can itemize or you can or you can claim the standard deduction but you can't do both.
The IRS has a 10 year period of time in which to collect back taxes. After that ten year period of time, the back taxes drop off the tax data base and the debt is legally forgiven and can never be collected. The federal tax liens are also released by statute.
By law, the IRS has to collect taxes due within 10 years from the date the tax return is filed. If you negotiate a payment plan with the IRS, then the payment amounts are structured to make sure that your entire tax bill is paid off by the end of the 10-year collection period.y law, the IRS has to collect taxes due within 10 years from the date the tax return is filed. If you negotiate a payment plan with the IRS, then the payment amounts are structured to make sure that your entire tax bill is paid off by the end of the 10-year collection period.