Mr. Roberts has three loans at First National Bank: Loan A made to purchase a car, secured by the car; Loan B made to purchase stock, secured by a lake lot; and
Loan C made to pay taxes, secured by a rental house he owns. Last year he paid $2,500 in interest on Loan A; $550 in interest on Loan B; and $1,000 in interest
on Loan C. How much interest will First National Bank report to the IRS?
Mrs. Franklin has two mortgage loans at First National Bank on which she makes monthly payments. On Loan A she made 13 payments last year, mailing the last
payment on December 28. It was received the afternoon of January 2 and credited on January 3. The amount of interest paid on Loan A in the first 12 payments
was $1,000. There was $155 of interest on the 13th payment. On Loan B, she made 12 payments; each contained interest accrued to the fourth day of the month.
The last payment was mailed on December 19 and was received and credited on December 23. The last payment contained interest accrued to January 4. The
total interest paid on Loan B was $2,000, of which $100 accrued between January 1 and January 4 of the next year. How much interest must First National Bank
report?
First National Bank sold several of its mortgage loans to individual investors and now services the loans for the individuals. First National Bank collects more than
$600 on most of these mortgages and deposits the money into the account of the investors. At the end of each year, First National Bank sends the investors a
summary of transactions on the mortgages and a detailed breakdown of the principal and interest payments made. Who is responsible for filing the mortgage
interest information returns?
First National Bank does not have the TINs of several borrowers with mortgage loans. What should the bank do to fulfill the mortgage interest reporting
regulations?