How does one claim the partial home sale tax exemption when we sold a home we haven't lived in for 2 years but moved due to a job change.

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January 22, 2026
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Turbo tax does not appear to ask the question of whether a home sale is due to a job change which would trigger the partial exemption.

TurboTax Online

Opus 17

Level 15

I haven't tested this. If you enter your home sale with the correct dates, Turbotax should pop up a screen that says something like "You don't qualify for the full exclusion but maybe you qualify for a partial exclusion."

Are you in the section for "sale of your home"? If you are in the section for selling other kinds of assets, you will get different questions.

loudengineerAuthor

Level 2

Yes it is in the home sale section. I work through the whole thing and it asks the typical eligibility questions but it never prompts the questions that would indicate it qualifies for the partial exclusion, such as "reason for move". Which is my situation, moving for a job.

Opus 17

Level 15

@loudengineer wrote:

Yes it is in the home sale section. I work through the whole thing and it asks the typical eligibility questions but it never prompts the questions that would indicate it qualifies for the partial exclusion, such as "reason for move". Which is my situation, moving for a job.

OK, maybe someone else will be able to test this or I can try to test it at home later.