[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1730 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1730

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the installment 
method to be used to report income from the sale of certain residential 
                 real property, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1999

  Mr. Goodling (for himself, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Istook, Mr. 
    Gilman, and Mr. Foley) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the installment 
method to be used to report income from the sale of certain residential 
                 real property, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``First-Time Homebuyers Assistance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF INSTALLMENT METHOD OF ACCOUNTING TO CERTAIN 
              SALES OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 453(l) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exceptions to dealer dispositions) is 
amended by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D) and by 
inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Certain residences.--The disposition on the 
                installment plan of any 1-family residential real 
                property in the ordinary course of the taxpayer's 
                business if--
                            ``(i) the acquisition cost (as defined in 
                        section 143(k)(3)) does not exceed 75 percent 
                        of the median purchase price for newly 
                        constructed 1-family residential real property 
                        for the statistical area (as defined in section 
                        143(k)(2)) in which the property is located (95 
                        percent in the case of a property in a targeted 
                        area within the meaning of section 143(j)),
                            ``(ii) the face amount of any obligation 
                        held by the taxpayer and arising from the 
                        disposition does not exceed 20 percent of such 
                        acquisition cost,
                            ``(iii) the purchaser of the property is 
                        financially qualified to assume 100 percent of 
                        the obligations arising from the disposition 
                        (without regard to whether such obligations are 
                        held by the taxpayer),
                            ``(iv) the property is to be used by such 
                        purchaser as a principal residence (within the 
                        meaning of section 121), and
                            ``(v) such purchaser had no present 
                        ownership interest in such a principal 
                        residence during the 3-year period ending on 
                        the date of acquisition of the property.''
    (b) Effect of Pledge of Installment Obligation.--Paragraph (1) of 
section 453A(d) of such Code (relating to pledges, etc., of installment 
obligations) is amended by inserting after ``this section applies'' the 
following: ``(or any installment obligation arising from a disposition 
described in section 453(l)(2)(C))''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to sales after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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