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IRS Housing & Utility
Allowed Expenses
The amounts the IRS allows for housing and utility expenses has come under fire from TAXES.COM and tax practitioner groups nationwide. The IRS allowances do not reflect the current state of the housing market in many areas. Despite that problem, these amounts are what we have to use under the current rules.
The amount allowed is
the smaller of your actual expenses for:
1) Rent or mortgage payment for the taxpayer's principal
residence. Add the average monthly payment for the following expenses if they are
not included in the rent or mortgage payment: property taxes, homeowner's or renter's
insurance, parking, necessary maintenance and repair, homeowner dues,
condominium fees and utilities. Utilities include gas, electricity, water, fuel oil, coal,
bottled gas, trash and garbage collection, wood and other fuels, septic cleaning and
telephone;
-or-
2) The amount found in the following chart from
the IRS website (Collection
Financial Standards, Housing) based upon: 1)
The number of people in your household & 2) the county in which you live.
One good piece of news. The amounts were just increased in January, 2004. They are still less than they should be, but since every dollar in additional allowed expenses becomes $48 or $60 less on an Offer in Compromise, it helps.
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