S. 1930: Homebuyer Tax Credit Oversight and Accountability Act of 2009
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S. 1930: Homebuyer Tax Credit Oversight and Accountability Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-10-26 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-10-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Homebuyer Tax Credit Oversight and Accountability Act of 2009
Plain summary
Homebuyer Tax Credit Oversight and Accountability Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the first-time homebuyer tax credit, to: (1) deny such credit to taxpayers under the age of 18; (2) require taxpayers claiming such credit to attach to their returns a properly executed copy of the settlement statement used to purchase their residence and a certified statement of their eligibility for such credit from the real estate broker, settlement agent, or mortgage lender; and (3) prohibit a credit for residences acquired from a spouse. Requires the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to investigate, prosecute, and provide quarterly reports on instances of fraud related to the first-time homebuyer tax credit. Requires tax return preparers to file tax returns electronically unless they reasonably expect to file 100 or fewer individual income returns in a calendar year.
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Official text
Homebuyer Tax Credit Oversight and Accountability Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · 3 cosponsors
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Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s1930.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s1930 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111