If you or someone you know is serving oversees they are still eligiable for the taxt credit. This is a great way to reward our troops for serving our country. See below for more information.

The following information is reproduced from the IRS website:
Members of the military and certain other federal employees serving outside the U.S. have an extra year to buy a principal residence in the U.S. and qualify for the credit. Thus, an eligible taxpayer must buy, or enter into a binding contract to buy, a principal residence on or before April 30, 2011. If a binding contract is entered into by that date, the taxpayer has until June 30, 2011, to close on the purchase. Members of he uniformed services, members of the Foreign Service and employees of the intelligence community are eligible for this special rule. It applies to any individual (and, if married, the individual’s spouse) who serves on qualified official extended duty service outside of the United States for at least 90 days during the period beginning after Dec. 31, 2008, and ending before May 1, 2010.

More information about military personnel and the homebuyer tax credit is available at http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=215594,00.html.

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QUESTION:
At what point is a short sale considered accepted with regards to the homebuyer tax credit?

ANSWER:
Recent communication from legal counsel from the National Association of REALTORS® states that the NAR tax lobbying staff in Washington, D.C. has confirmed that the IRS has not issued any guidance regarding the question of what constitutes a sufficiently binding contract for purposes of the credit. Although NAR intend to urge the IRS to offer some input of the matter, they do not anticipate that they will do so.
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More information may be found on the IRS Instructions for Form 5405, @ www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i5405.pdf: For additional information, see the Wisconsin Homebuyer site @ www.wisconsinhomebuyer.org/, NAR’s The Basics: Extended Home Buyer Tax Credit 2009/2010 @ www.realtor.org/home_buyers_and_sellers/2009_first_time_home_buyer_tax_credit and the Internal Revenue Service @ www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204671,00.html.

These resources offer examples of fact situations, filing options and other details.

Be sure to talk with your local CPA for any tax advice. If you have a question you can contact my CPA

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