First Home Savings Opportunity Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The First Home Savings Opportunity Act adds new Internal Revenue Code section 223A for down payment savings accounts. Eligible account beneficiaries may deduct cash contributions to a United States trust created exclusively to pay qualified down payment expenses for a first-time homebuyer principal residence. The annual deduction is capped at earned income or $10,000, with $20,000 for joint returns, and phases out above $150,000 of modified adjusted gross income or $236,000 for joint returns. Dependents cannot claim the deduction, and dollar thresholds are indexed after 2025. Qualified distributions for down payments or closing costs are excluded from income. Nonqualified distributions are included in income and generally face an additional 20 percent tax, with exceptions for death and disability. The bill applies IRA-like rollover, trust, community-property, account-termination, and reporting rules. Trustees must report contributions, distributions, earnings, rollovers, and other required information to Treasury and beneficiaries.
Who Benefits and How
First-time homebuyers benefit because cash saved for down payments and closing costs can be tax deductible and qualified withdrawals can be excluded from income. Married first-time buyers benefit from a $20,000 joint-return contribution cap. Banks and trustees benefit from a new account product they can administer. Home sellers, builders, and real estate professionals may benefit if the tax preference helps more buyers accumulate down payments. Mortgage lenders may benefit from borrowers with dedicated savings for closing.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Internal Revenue Service must administer deductions, phaseouts, qualified-use exclusions, penalties, rollovers, and reporting rules. Account trustees must police account documents, cash-only contributions, investment restrictions, commingling limits, and required reports. Federal taxpayers bear the revenue cost of deductions and exclusions. Account beneficiaries must comply with contribution caps, first-time-homebuyer limits, qualified-use rules, and the 20 percent additional tax on nonqualified distributions. Banks administering accounts must furnish reports to beneficiaries and Treasury.
Key Provisions
- Creates a tax deduction for cash contributions to down payment savings accounts.
- Limits annual deductions to earned income or $10,000, with $20,000 for joint returns.
- Phases out deductions above $150,000 of modified adjusted gross income or $236,000 for joint returns.
- Excludes qualified withdrawals for first-home down payments and closing costs from income.
- Requires income inclusion and a 20 percent additional tax for most nonqualified distributions.
- Requires account trustees to report contributions, distributions, earnings, rollovers, and other information.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates tax-deductible down payment savings accounts for first-time homebuyers, with annual contribution limits, income phaseouts, qualified-use exclusions, nonqualified-use penalties, rollover rules, and trustee reporting.
Key Policy Areas
Tax, Housing, Financial Services
Primary Purpose
Creates tax-deductible down payment savings accounts for first-time homebuyers, with annual contribution limits, income phaseouts, qualified-use exclusions, nonqualified-use penalties, rollover rules, and trustee reporting.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- First-time homebuyers
- Married first-time buyers
- Banks administering accounts
- Home sellers
- Builders
- Mortgage lenders
Identified Costs
- Internal Revenue Service
- Account trustees
- Federal taxpayers
- Account beneficiaries
- Banks administering accounts
- Treasury reporting staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Subramanyam (for himself, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Thanedar, and Ms. …
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5062)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Account trustees, Banks administering accounts, Mortgage lenders
Positive-direction: Banks administering accounts
Negative-direction: Account trustees
First-time homebuyers, Married first-time buyers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "agencies"
- → ['Internal Revenue Service', 'Department of the Treasury']
- "industry"
- → ['Banks', 'Mortgage lenders', 'Builders']
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