Homeowners who went through loan modifications, short sales and foreclosures can avoid big tax bills if they qualify for a special exemption adopted by Congress. With hundreds of thousands of homeowners having negotiated loan modifications or short sales or been foreclosed upon during the past year, the Internal Revenue Service has issued fresh guidance on how to handle canceled mortgage debt in …
Entries from March 2011
Passing the test on canceled mortgage debt has tax rewards
March 13th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Credit Cards · Student Loans
Canceled debt often must be reported as income
March 13th, 2011 · No Comments
One can only imagine all the high-fives and fist-bumps that erupt once a can’t-make-ends-meet borrower finally, finally talks a lender into forgiving $3,000 in credit card debt.
Tags: Credit Cards
Canceled debt often must be reported as income
March 12th, 2011 · No Comments
One can only imagine all the high-fives and fist-bumps that erupt once a can’t-make-ends-meet borrower finally, finally talks a lender into forgiving $3,000 in credit card debt.
Tags: Credit Cards
Passing the test on canceled mortgage debt has tax rewards
March 12th, 2011 · No Comments
Homeowners who went through loan modifications, short sales and foreclosures can avoid big tax bills if they qualify for a special exemption adopted by Congress. With hundreds of thousands of homeowners having negotiated loan modifications or short sales or been foreclosed upon during the past year, the Internal Revenue Service has issued fresh guidance on how to handle canceled mortgage debt in …
Tags: Credit Cards · Student Loans
The Nation’s Housing: A tax test on canceled debt
March 12th, 2011 · No Comments
With hundreds of thousands of homeowners having negotiated loan modifications or short sales or been foreclosed upon during the past year, the Internal Revenue Service has issued fresh guidance on how to handle canceled mortgage debt in the upcoming tax season.
Tags: Credit Cards · Student Loans