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The Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief needs to be extended as recommended by the National Association of Realtors in this article.

Please take action and tell congress to extend the Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief

as we need no new obstacles that will send the seedling housing recovery off track.

Avoid any foreclosure taxes, or hefty tax bills on distressed property for trying to

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modify their mortgage.  If not, the forgiven debt given by the lender may be

considered phantom income.  Their position is "no taxpayer should have to pay

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tax on money they've already lost."

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