Using The Mortgage Relief Act To Your Advantage
The housing crisis is old news but it is still affecting a lot of people. The hardest hit area is the west coast. An few years ago their property was up but with the crisis many are finding it difficult to find their way through the maze of credit. The saver in this case is that he government has finally came to the rescue. This may be the thing that breaks this crisis and get California back to the good times.
The program the have introduced is the mortgage relief act. California has got it passed though and into law because they needed it more than the other states. It is the hope of many in California that this will provide the relief needed to many struggling families.
Because of California’s challenges in this area. They were the hardest hit state. Many politicians are hoping that this will provide enough help to keep one hundred thousand people from the brink of ruin.
Most people don’t understand what the bill does. Let try to get it in plain English. In California you were required to pay taxes on anything that was forgiven on your debts. So If the bank cut you a deal to balance your mortgage then you have to pay at tax time. This was really bad with people already struggling.
The new measure does any with this tax for a lot of people. Anyone who is living in the house as a primary residence and was forgiven less than $500,000 many qualify. The only challenge here is you must do it soon because this will run out in 2012.
If you have already file your taxes you can still get some help. But you need to take this new information to your tax preparer and ask them to file it for this year.
A cut in tax is the best way to get California back on its feet and this came just in time.
Look it is nice to find out that old Uncle Sam did it right this time.
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