2024-03-29

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  1. The last-hour vote in Congress to avoid the „fiscal cliff“ included a provision that extends the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act through 2013.
    The debt relief act, which was scheduled to expire at the end of 2012, waives forgiveness of mortgage debt from being counted as taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service.
    That applies mainly to short sales of homes, or lender-approved sales for less than the principal mortgage balance. A homeowner who owes $150,000 on the mortgage and short sells for $100,000 would have been taxed on the $50,000 difference as income, placing them in a higher tax bracket.
    Other real estate-related provisions in the bill:
    – Deduction for mortgage insurance premiums for filers making less than $110,000 is extended through 2013 and made retroactive to cover 2012. The tax break covers private mortgage insurance as well as mortgage insurance provided by the Federal Housing Administration, the Veterans Affairs and the Rural Housing Service.
    - Fifteen-year straight-line cost recovery for qualified leasehold improvements on commercial properties is extended through 2013 and made retroactive to cover 2012.
    -The 10 percent tax credit (up to $500) for homeowners for energy improvements to existing homes is extended through 2013 and made retroactive to cover 2012.

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