1040 - US: Accrued interest

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When you buy bonds between interest payment dates and pay accrued interest to the seller, this interest is taxable to the seller. If you received a Form 1099 for interest as a purchaser of a bond with accrued interest, follow the instructions below to enter it into UltraTax CS: 

  1. Go to the Income folder > B&D screen.
  2. Open the Interest income statement dialog.
  3. Create a new line in the statement and enter the total interest in the Interst Income column. 
  4. Create a second new line and choose 4 - Accrued Interest in the Type Code column. Then enter the amount of accrued interest in the Interest Income column.

Both the Interest income statement dialog and the Schedule B are displayed below as examples.

Interest Income

Schedule B

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