Contact Us Now

Cincinnati Office PHONE: 513-412-3481
TOLL FREE: 800-427-7212
FAX: 513-412-3482
Providence Office PHONE: 401-421-3763
TOLL FREE: 877-395-1031
FAX: 401-453-5847

 
 
 

OUR FAMILY OF
STRATEGIC TAX SERVICES

News

November 22, 2017

Real Estate Agents Mobilize to Shield Homeowners on Tax Plan

 

For decades, the real estate industry has benefited from generous tax deductions that raise home values by making it cheaper for people to own property and shoulder their local taxes. Now, as the Republican tax plan makes its way through Congress, the industry is worried that the fallout will harm its business by making homeownership less valuable.

Around the country, real estate organizations are calling legislators, warning clients about their future tax bills and staging protests, all in an effort to keep homeowners as a favored class in the tax code. “We don't consider ourselves to be Republicans or Democrats,” said Linda Jay, chief executive of the Bakersfield Association of Realtors in central California. “We are the Realtor party.”

Click here to read the full article

 
Back to Top