Tax Credit Deadlines

Question: What is the December 1 expiration of the first-time-homebuyer tax credit?
Is it the deadline for closing on the house, or the deadline for making a formal offer, with a deposit, on the house, or what?
Answer: CLOSING.
www.irs.gov
form 5405
first time home buyer’s tax credit
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