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.
After the IRS determines that additional taxes are due, the IRS has 10 years to collect unpaid taxes. Most taxpayers can rest assured that after 3 years, it is highly unlikely that the IRS will attempt to audit them and assess additional taxes against them. Exceptions.