6 Tax Facts Every Home Seller Should Know

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1. If you’ve owned and lived in your home for two of the five years prior to selling it, you can generally exclude up to $250,000 of the gain from your income ($500,000 on a joint return, in most cases).

2. You are not eligible for this exclusion if you sold another principal residence within the past two years and excluded the allowable gain from your income.

3. If you can exclude ALL of the gain from the sale of your primary residence, you don’t need to report the sale on your tax return.

4. If you have a gain on your principal residence that exceeds the allowable deduction, it is taxable.

5. You can’t deduct a loss from the sale of your primary residence.

6. Special rules may apply when you sell a home for which you’ve received the first-time home buyer credit. (See IRS publication 523, “Selling Your Home,” for details.)

Call me today if you have any additional tax questions and I can point you in the right direction!

 

 

Source: The IRS, CAR

1 Comment on 6 Tax Facts Every Home Seller Should Know

  1. David The Hunk DeVita // March 18, 2016 at 4:22 pm // Reply

    Thank you for the information on tax tips.

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