Schedule B, titled Interest and Ordinary Dividends, is filed with Form 1040 or Form 1040A for seven reasons.
One, it's used to report over $1,500 of taxable interest or ordinary dividends.
Two, it's used to exclude interest from U.S. savings bond series EE or I issued after 1989.
Three, it's used to report foreign accounts or trusts.
Four, it's used to report interest from a seller-financed mortgage on a property used by the buyer as a personal residence.
Five, it's used to report original issue discount [OID] in an amount less than that shown on Form 1099-OID.
Six, it's used to report accrued interest from a bond.
Seven, it's used to reduce a bond's interest income by the amount of amortizable bond premium.
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