Proposals Put Forth to Excuse Foreclosure Victims and Short Sale Beneficiaries From Taxes
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There were hurdles before passing a law that would excuse foreclosure victims and those who benefited from lessening of loan burden in a short sale from heavy taxes. But the obstacle seems to have been overcome. The Assembly has given its approval. The Senate is expected to vote on it soon.
It was passed in the assembly (47/27). The bill was initiated by Senator Lois Wol (Democrat/Davis). It would excuse those who disposed of their houses in short sale or modified their loans from the burden of paying state taxes. Also those who surrendered to foreclosure in 2009 would be similarly excused. Till now, debts that were forgiven were regarded as income and hence taxable.
The state as well as the federal government had thrown out a lifeline to the house owners in 2007 when the crisis broke. They were temporarily exempted from paying taxes for loans forgiven. But now that exemption continues till 2012 for the federal government. The state’s granted period of grace had been set to expire by the end of 2008. 15th April was the tax deadline. Tax consultants are noticing that many of their customers are frightened and in the dark about what their prospects.
Brian Winter of Jackson Hewitt in Riverside prepares taxes. He commented that many of his clients who have been facing huge tax bills because of the expiration of the date for state exemption are unemployed or do not have sufficient funds to meet these tax obligations. Winter analyzed that an individual having a yearly income of $50,000 having had $100,000 in debts forgiven would have to pay an extra $80,000 as income tax. If this happened many of his customers would be pushed into bankruptcy.
Many who were under the impression that they were forgiven from this obligation by the state and federal law were stunned to get 1099 forms from their lenders. These forms had to be filed with the tax returns reporting cancellation of debt.
As per the current state law not all the owners of residential houses who are facing foreclosure or operated a short sale or modified their loans will be hit by taxes. As per the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee debts forgiven on the first mortgage made to purchase a house even today is not taxable. But if the first mortgage undergoes refinancing and the money thus taken is used to buy a car or invested in any other way then this tax exemption is not applicable.
Sand Aplin , a tax consultant from Moreno Valley said the laws pertaining to debts that have been forgiven are very complex.
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