Abandonments and Repossessions, Canceled Debts,

1 Situations Covered In This 1. Canceled and Loan or Other Dispositions (Such as foreclosures and repossessions ).. , Bequests, Devises, and Reduced After Farm Real Property Business Principal Residence of Tax Principal Residence and Farm Real Property Business 2. Foreclosures and for Foreclosures and 3. 4. How To Get Tax DevelopmentsFor the latest information about developments related to Pub. 4681, such as legislation enacted after it was published, go to s NewForeclosure moratorium and right to re-quest forbearance. If you have a primary and/or secondary federally insured or guaran-teed mortgage loan on your primary residence and you suffered a financial hardship during the coronavirus emergency, you are protected from foreclosure for a period of 180 days if you Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue ServicePublication 4681 Cat.

2 No. 51508 FCanceled Debts, Foreclosures, repossessions , and Abandonments (for Individuals)For use in preparing2020 ReturnsGet forms and other information faster and easier at: (English) (Espa ol) ( ) ( ) (Pусский) (Ti ngVi t) Userid: CPMS chema: tipxLeadpct: 100%Pt. size: 8 Draft Ok to PrintAH XSL/XMLF ileid: .. ions/P4681/2020/A/XML/Cycle03/source(Ini t. & Date) _____Page 1 of 17 9:55 - 9-Feb-2021 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before 09, 2021notified the servicer of that loan. Within the ini-tial 180-day forbearance period, you may also request an additional 180 days of forbearance by notifying the servicer of the same circum-stances and the period of the forbearance, no fees, penalties, or interest shall be assessed beyond the amounts scheduled or calculated as if you had made all contractual payments on time and in full under the terms of the mortgage of qualified principal residence indebtedness before 2026.

3 Qualified princi-pal residence indebtedness can be excluded from income for discharges before January 1, loan indebtedness. If student loan indebtedness is discharged after 2017 on ac-count of the student s death or disability, the discharged debt may not have to be included in income. See Student loan cancellation, later, for more of missing children. The Inter-nal Revenue Service is a proud partner with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). Photographs of missing children selected by the Center may appear in this publication on pages that would otherwise be blank. You can help bring these children home by looking at the photographs and calling 800-THE-LOST (800-843-5678) if you recog-nize a publication explains the federal tax treat-ment of Canceled debts, foreclosures, repos-sessions, and , if you owe a debt to someone else and they cancel or forgive that debt for less than its full amount, you are treated for income tax purposes as having income and may have to pay tax on this This publication generally refers to debt that is Canceled , forgiven, or discharged for less than the full amount of the debt as can-celed debt.

4 Sometimes a debt, or part of a debt, that you don't have to pay isn't considered Canceled debt. These exceptions are discussed later un-der a Canceled debt may be exclu-ded from your income. But if you do exclude Canceled debt from income, you may be re-quired to reduce your tax attributes. These ex-clusions and the reduction of tax attributes as-sociated with them are discussed later under and repossession are remedies that your lender may exercise if you fail to make payments on your loan and you have previously granted that lender a mortgage or other security interest in some of your property. These rem-edies allow the lender to seize or sell the prop-erty securing the loan.

5 When your property is foreclosed upon or repossessed and sold, you are treated as having sold the property and you may recognize taxable gain. Whether you also recognize income from Canceled debt depends in part on whether you are personally liable for the debt and in part on whether the outstanding loan balance is more than the fair market value (FMV) of the property. Figuring your gain or loss and income from Canceled debt arising from a foreclosure or repossession is discussed later under Foreclosures and , you abandon property when you voluntarily and permanently give up possession and use of property you own with the intention of ending your ownership but without passing it on to anyone else.

6 Figuring your gain or loss and income from Canceled debt arising from an abandonment is discussed later under and suggestions. We welcome your comments about this publication and sug-gestions for future can send us comments through Or, you can write to the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and Publications, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC we can t respond individually to each comment received, we do appreciate your feedback and will consider your comments and suggestions as we revise our tax forms, instruc-tions, and publications. Do not send tax ques-tions, tax returns, or payments to the above answers to your tax questions. If you have a tax question not answered by this publication or the How To Get Tax Help section at the end of this publication, go to the IRS In-teractive Tax Assistant page at where you can find topics by using the search feature or viewing the categories tax forms, instructions, and pub-lications.

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8 1099-C Cancellation of Debt1099-DIV Dividends and Distributions3800 General Business CreditCommon Situations Covered In This PublicationThe sections of this publication that apply to you depend on the type of debt Canceled , the tax attributes you have, and whether or not you continue to own the property that was subject to the debt. Some examples of common circum-stances are provided in the following para-graphs to help guide you through this publica-tion. These examples don't cover every situation but are intended to provide general guidance for the most common credit card debt cancellation. If you had a nonbusiness credit card debt can-celed, you may be able to exclude the Canceled debt from income if the cancellation occurred in a title 11 bankruptcy case or you were insolvent immediately before the cancellation.

9 You should read Bankruptcy or Insolvency under Exclusions in chapter 1 to see if you can ex-clude the Canceled debt from income under one of those provisions. If you can exclude part or all of the Canceled debt from income, you also should read Bankruptcy and Insolvency under Reduction of Tax Attributes in chapter vehicle repossession. If you had a personal vehicle repossessed and disposed of by the lender during the year, you will need to determine your gain or nondeductible loss on the disposition. This is explained in chapter 2. If the lender also Canceled all or part of the re-maining amount of the loan, you may be able to exclude the Canceled debt from income if the cancellation occurred in a title 11 bankruptcy case or you were insolvent immediately before the cancellation.

10 You should read Bankruptcy or Insolvency under Exclusions in chapter 1 to see if you can exclude the Canceled debt from in-come under one of those provisions. If you can exclude part or all of the Canceled debt from in-come, you should also read Bankruptcy and In-solvency under Reduction of Tax Attributes in chapter home foreclosure or abandonment . If a lender foreclosed on your main home during the year, you will need to determine your gain or loss on the foreclosure . Foreclosures are ex-plained in chapter 2 and Abandonments are ex-plained in chapter home loan modification (workout agreement). If a lender agreed to a mortgage loan modification (a workout ) in 2019 that 551 908 982 1099-C 1099-DIV 3800 Page 2 of 17 Fileid.