IRS touts real estate tax breaks

 
BY SHANNON BUGGS / Houston Chronicle
Published: January 3, 2009

Home is where the tax relief is. The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of Energy are touting the following real estate-related tax breaks Congress recently created or extended for individual taxpayers:

→ Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007.

For taxpayers who lose their homes in foreclosure.

What: Allows homeowners to exclude from income any debt forgiven in a home forecl...


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