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    First Time Homebuyer Credit

    Facts: 2 Singles
    Buy home together - 50 % interest each
    Home will be more than $75,000.

    Question: When filing their 2008 returns, can each get a 10% credit for 50% of the purchase price - $3,750 since max credit is $7,500.


    I called the IRS - . Agent told me that the "tax law" was not in effect yet. That Congress was still working on it. She could not advise on this situation. Would not have any info - tax law - until Jan 2009. They (Irs) only have what is on the website. I asked for the "technical division" She replied that she was it.

    Printed out website infor dated 9/16/08 IR-2008-106. It refers to homes purchased after 4/8/08 and before 7/1/09.

    I thought this Credit was part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 that had been enacted already. Does "enacted" mean that it has not passed? I'm thinking that the advice of not "banking on" what the IRS tells you is sound.

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    It became law on 7-30. PL 110-289.

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      First Time Homebuyer Credit

      And it is a loan that has to be paid back...consider that before opting for the credit. taxea
      Believe nothing you have not personally researched and verified.

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