HR 3901
111th Congress
House
Taxation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Marriage and family status
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Homebuyer Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2009
Introduced: October 22, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 22, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 22, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Homebuyer Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the first-time homebuyer tax credit, to: (1) deny such credit to taxpayers under the age of 18; (2) require a taxpayer claiming such credit to attach to their returns a properly executed copy of the settlement statement used to purchase their residence; and (3) prohibit a credit for residences acquired from a spouse.
Requires tax return preparers to file tax returns electronically unless they reasonably expect to file 100 or fewer individual income returns in a calendar year.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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