Comments on: Economic Stimulus Bill 2009 – $8,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit

By: Willie Evans

Willie Evans — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:15:43 +0000

Please send an application.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:54:33 +0000

Where do we apply for the credit ?

By: ray lippitt

ray lippitt — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:04:37 +0000

If the home was for sale, and I did not live in it in 2006, and
It did not sell until March of 2006. I purchased a home in Feb of 2009. Do I qualify as a first time homebuyer?

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:31:34 +0000

Kate – Details, details!

Thanks for catching the bad math – I think something got lost in the currency conversion.

I sent an email to my editor to fix it.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:52:58 +0000

This article was very helpful to me, but I can’t believe that it was published and nobody noticed that you guys can’t add!

For example if Bob owes $30,000 in taxes and is eligible for the $8,000 credit then he will deduct $8,000 from $30,000 and will owe only $24,000 in taxes.
WRONG- He’ll owe $22,000 in taxes, grab a calculator next time! LOL

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:33:55 +0000

Hi Caroline – good point about identifying whether a post is Canadian or American. Most of the stimulus posts I’ve been leading off with something about “President Obama” which should be a pretty good clue. Of course this one I didn’t – and I completely forgot about the Canadian home buyers tax credit (which would make a good post as well).

I’ll try to make it more clear in the future.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:48:40 +0000

I love the fact that this is a Canadian blog and you guys write content that applies to people living in Canada. Since you’ve been writing about the U.S bailout (which is important as it will indirectly affect us as well), I was wondering if you could specify in your post whether it is Canadian or American that it applies to. For example this post I believe is Canadian since there was recently a first-time home buyers tax credit announced here, but I cannot be sure.
Thank you!