Congress is scheduled to vote on the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act (MFDRA) today. The bill is an attempt to reclassify and thereby forgive foreclosure-related debts as taxable income. The MFDRA has been reinstituted several times since it was originally passed in 2007. Congress must pass this bill in the remaining days of…
NAILTA supports another extension of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act (MFDRA) through 2015. Why is this important? Several reasons: The debt relief law spares homeowners who receive principal reductions on their mortgages from being hit with hefty federal income taxes on the amounts forgiven. Without it, millions of homeowners who go through foreclosure or leave their homes…
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has approved a bipartisan bill that would extend the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act (MDRA) through 2013. Why is this important? Several reasons: The debt relief law spares homeowners who receive principal reductions on their mortgages from being hit with hefty federal income taxes on the amounts forgiven. Without it, millions of homeowners…
