• This is a tax credit based on $5,000 for first-time home buyers.
• An individual is defined as a first-time buyer if neither the individual nor the spouse owned and lived in another home in the calendar year of the current purchase or in the four preceding years.
• The tax saving is $750, based on 15% of $5,000.
• The credit applies to home acquisitions with a closing date after January 27, 2009.
• You must occupy the purchased property as a principal residence.
• If two people are eligible for the credit, the total cannot exceed the maximum that one person could claim.

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