HR917Referred to Committee

Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-04
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Julia Brownley
Julia Brownley
Democrat · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 99.2% (533 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

2025-02-04

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Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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