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H.R. 917In committee
Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2025
Introduced: Feb 4, 2025
Latest action date: Feb 4, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Feb 4, 2025
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
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What this bill does
Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2025
This bill makes permanent the exclusion of the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness from gross income for federal tax purposes.
Under current law, a taxpayer may generally exclude from gross income up to $750,000 (or $375,000 if married but filing a separate federal tax return) from the discharge of indebtedness that is (1) incurred to purchase, build, or substantially improve a principal residence (or refinance such indebtedness); and (2) secured by the principal residence. The discharge must currently occur before January 1, 2026, and some limitations apply.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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