HomeBuyerTaxCredit.com
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First Time Home Buyers |
“Step Up” Home Buyers (Long-Time Homeowners) |
| Credit Amount |
10% of your purchase price, up to $8,000. |
10% of your purchase price, up to $6,500. |
| Who is Eligible? |
To qualify as a first-time home buyer, you cannot have lived in a home you owned in the three years prior to closing. |
To qualify as a “step up” home buyer (i.e., a “long-time homeowner”), you must have lived in the principal residence that you owned for five consecutive years out of the last eight. |
| Income Qualifications |
Income of $125,000 for single filers, and $225,000 for joint filers, with a partial tax credit for people whose income is within $20,000 of limits. |
| Personal Qualifications |
You must be a United States citizen (or certain resident aliens), 18 years or older, and not a dependent on someone else’s tax return. |
| Property Qualifications |
Eligible property types include single-family homes, condominiums, cooperative apartments, multi-family homes, houseboats, and affixed manufactured homes and trailers. The property you are buying must be in the United States and must be purchased for $800,000 or less. |
| Deadline |
You must be in contract by April 30th 2010, and close by June 30, 2010. |
| Other Major Restrictions |
For married couples, both spouses must qualify for the tax credit in order for the couple to qualify.
You must live in the property for three years, or you will have to pay the tax credit back.
You cannot buy from a close relative, or from a corporate entity you control.
You cannot sell or move out of the home for at least three years after closing, or you have to pay the credit back. |
The Home Buyer Tax Credit provides a tax credit of 10% of the purchase price a home up to $8,000 for first-time home buyers and $6,500 for “step-up” home buyers who are long-time homeowners. Both the first-time home buyer tax credit and the long-time homeowner tax credit are available for eligible buyers who are in contract by April 30, 2010 and closed by June 30, 2010. Please note that we have created this site to provide information only, and not to provide tax advice, and that you should not rely on the information on the site. Please discuss your tax matters with your accountant or financial advisor.
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