(PRWEB) October 09, 2012
As reported earlier this year by The Baltimore Sun on June 20th, unless Congress grants an extension, a law designed in 2007 to support troubled home owners expires at the end of this year. It allows them to steer clear of paying taxes on forgiven debt for their primary residences. As of this date, Congress has failed to take any action which could leave a lot of sellers facing a daunting tax bill in 2013. If, for instance, a lender wipes away a $ one hundred,000 debt in a short sale or finalizes a foreclosure on a delinquent homeowner, the common borrower could owe a lot more than $ 25,000 in taxes.

In recent years, most underwater home owners who lost property to foreclosure or brief sales have been excused from possessing to pay taxes on this income, thanks to the Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007. The current law states that home owners dont have to incorporate forgiven debt as earnings supplied:

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