Unless Congress extends it, the credit will expire in December.
Now that the credit has expired, there is less demand than ever, leaving the market open for another plunge in prices.
Cards can be topped up to $20000, and the credit only expires if the card it is not used in two years.
That would be nearly two years before the credits expire Dec. 31, 2009.
(The credit expires in 2005 under the new tax law.)
The city had planned to let the pension credits expire, beginning next year, to save money.
But the credit expires at the end of 2007.
But with the credit now expired, the price decline is resuming.
The credit expired at the end of last year but is included in versions of a corporate tax bill that have passed each house.
The credit expires at the end of this month.