Clarification on the 3.8% Tax-It’s Not a Real Estate Transfer Tax

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By Robert Freedman, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine

Shortly after the federal government enacted sweeping healthcare reform earlier this year, there was considerable concern over a last-minute addition to the legislation: a 3.8 percent tax on investment income of upper-income households to help shore up Medicare. The tax takes effect in 2013.

Among the concerns expressed among consumers and business people, including real estate professionals, both then and today, is that the tax amounts to a transfer tax on real estate. Not true, NAR Director of Tax Policy Linda Goold says…

Clarification on the 3.8% Tax-It’s Not a Real Estate Transfer Tax