Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act

Bill: 113-hr-2788
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2013-07-23
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership

Income tax exclusion
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2015 the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of indebtedness on a principal residence.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2788 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2013 Mr. Heck of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act . 2. Extension of exclusion from gross income of discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness (a) In general Subparagraph (E) of section 108(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting January 1, 2016 . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to indebtedness discharged after December 31, 2013.