2007 IRS Notice - Additional Locations and Revised Other Foreign Housing Amounts under IRC 911
Part III - Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous
Revised Housing Cost Amounts Eligible for Exclusion or Deduction
Notice 2007-25
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
This notice provides modifications and
additions to the adjusted limitations on housing expenses published in Notice
2006-87, 2006-43 I.R.B. 766, for purposes of section 911 of the Internal Revenue
Code (Code).
SECTION 2. BACKGROUND
Notice 2006-87 provides an adjusted
limitation on housing expenses for a qualified individual incurring housing expenses
in 2006 in one or more of the identified high cost localities to use (in lieu of the
otherwise applicable limitation of $24,720) in determining his or her housing
expenses under section 911(c)(2)(A) of the Code. Notice 2006-87 also requests
comments on the average housing costs for specific locations that differ
significantly from the amounts provided in the notice. In response to comments
received on Notice 2006-87, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury
Department are publishing certain modifications and additions to the 2006 housing
expense table in Notice 2006-87. The adjusted limitations on housing expenses
provided in section 3 supersede and replace the adjusted limitations on housing
expenses for 2006 for those specific locations provided in Notice 2006-87. The
adjusted limitations on housing expenses provided in section 4 address locations
within countries with high housing costs that were not identified in Notice 2006-87,
and provide an adjusted limitation on housing expenses for 2006 for these locations.
A complete table of the adjusted limitations on housing expenses for 2006 is
available on the IRS website at under the link
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