Wednesday, December 19, 2007

short sales - forgiveness of debt, deed in lieu

GovTrack: H.R. 3648: Text of Legislation: "December 14, 2007.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3648) entitled `An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes.', do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. DISCHARGES OF INDEBTEDNESS ON PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE EXCLUDED FROM GROSS INCOME.

(a) In General- Paragraph (1) of section 108(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking `or' at the end of subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting `, or', and by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:

`(E) the indebtedness discharged is qualified principal residence indebtedness which is discharged before January 1, 2010.'.

(b) Special Rules Relating to Qualified Principal Residence Indebtedness- Section 108 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(h) Special Rules Relating to Qualified Principal Residence Indebtedness-"

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