The homebuyer credit is repaid as an additional tax on your federal tax return if you bought your home and qualified in 2008. This works out to annual repayments of $500 per year if you received the maximum $7,500 credit. Think of it like an interest-free 15-year loan.

How do I repay first time homebuyer credit?

To repay the credit, you must increase your federal income taxes by 6⅔% (or 1/15) of the amount of the credit for each taxable year in the 15-year repayment period. The repayment period begins with the second taxable year following the year of qualifying home purchase.

What is a 5405 form?

Use this form to: Notify the IRS that the home for which you claimed the credit was disposed of or ceased to be your main home. Figure the amount of the credit you must repay with your tax return.

How is the repayment of the first time homebuyer credit determined?

Repayment of the Credit. In the case of a sale of the home to an unrelated person, the increase in tax due to accelerated repayment is limited to the amount of gain (if any) from the sale. To determine the gain for this purpose, you must reduce the adjusted basis in the home by the amount of the first-time homebuyer credit that hasn’t been repaid.

How much is the first time home buyer tax credit?

Many first time home buyers who purchased their homes in 2008 applied for a tax credit of $7500. This credit is to be repaid over 15 years at $500 per year with no interest. However, the following year the tax credit was raised to $8000 and there is NO repayment required for this credit.

Who was eligible for the homebuyer credit in 2008?

Those serving in the U.S. military, the intelligence community, or Foreign Service on official extended duty outside the U.S. had an additional year to qualify for the homebuyer credit. The homebuyer credit is repaid as an additional tax on your federal tax return if you bought your home and qualified in 2008.

Do you have to pay taxes on accelerated homebuyer credit?

Repayment of the Credit. If you’re subject to an accelerated credit repayment, you must increase your federal income tax for the year of disposition or cessation of use by the amount of any excess of the credit allowed over the sum of the additional taxes paid under the credit repayment requirement.