HR 5643
110th Congress
House
Taxation
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits
Tax refunds
First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act of 2008
Introduced: March 14, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 14, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an income-based, one-time refundable tax credit for first-time homebuyers of ten percent of a principal residence's purchase price ($3,000 maximum credit, $6,000 maximum credit for joint filers); (2) allow transfer of such credit (within 30 days of transfer application) as payment towards related downpayment and closing costs; and (3) apply the credit to purchases made on or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2013, and to binding contracts made between such dates, and in which the residence is occupied before July 1, 2014.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1