While the $8,000 home buyer tax credit for most of us expired on April 30th, members of the US Military, Foreign Service and intelligence communities have an extra year to claim the tax credit! As long as the qualified member has been on extended duty outside the U. S. for 90 days or more, he or she has until April 30th 2011 to sign a sales contract, and until June 30, 2011 to close.