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Tips To Receive Tax Credit for First Time Home Owners

Posted by OReilly and Associates in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on May 01, 2009

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Is this the BEST time for First-time home buyers to purchase a home?? The government is allowing a tax credit to help you make your first home purchase? The incentive gives first time home buyers a federal income tax credit up to $7,500. Part of the "Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008?, creates a temporary, federal tax credit to provide incentive for first-time home buyers to purchase a home.

Rob Dietz, economist for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) points out, the effects of the credit may extend far beyond the first-time home buyer; as first-time home buyers purchase homes, many home sellers will be able to turn around and invest their tax credit into new homes as well.

Since the money must eventually be paid back, the tax credit essentially acts as a no-interest loan that reduces your tax liability for the year it is claimed. For instance, home buyers who close on a new home purchase in 2008 (after April 9) can claim the credit on their 2008 tax return. If their tax liability for the year is $5,000, applying the $7,500 tax credit would cover their tax bill and provide a $2,500 refund. Any taxpayers already due a refund would still receive the full amount, plus the $7,500 tax credit for buying a home.

First-time home buyers who claim the tax credit are expected to begin repayment starting in the second tax year after they close on their home and continue the pro-rata payback on their federal taxes for a 15-year period. For home buyers who claim the full $7,500 credit, the payments would amount to $500 a year.

If the buyer sells the home before the 15-year period, the remaining credit would be due from whatever profit was made on the sale. In cases where profits from the sale were less than what was owed for the credit repayment, the remainder would be forgiven.

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