Saturday, September 4, 2010

New Real Estate Sales Tax - Fact or Fiction?

Have you heard the rumors of the alleged real estate sales tax, supposedly part of the new health care bill? Word on the street is the new tax will make all real estate transaction subject to a 3.8% sales tax.

Rest assured, this rumor is NOT TRUE! The health care legislation does contain a variety of new taxes and one of them can be influenced under certain circumstances by a sale of real estate. But it's pretty complicated and unlikely to affect most real estate transactions.