Your purchase of new homes is irrelevant. The last time purchasing a new home to avoid capital gains mattered was in 1997.
If you were divorced before the end of 2022 then your 2022 filing status will be Single--or maybe Head of Household if you are the custodial parent of the children.
SALE OF HOUSE
If your gain was more than $250,000 filing Single, or more than $500,000 filing Married Filing Jointly the sale must be reported on your tax return. Whether you re-invested the gain in to another house is irrelevant. If you have a Form 1099-S go to Federal>Wages and Income>Less Common Income>Sale of Home (gain or loss)
If you owned and lived in the home as your primary residence for at least 2 of the last 5 years on the date of the sale, you do not have to report the home sale if the gain is less than $250K filing Single, or less than $500K filing Married Filing Jointly (and you both owned and lived in the home for at least 2 years).
- If you are using online TT, you need Premier or Self-Employed software to report the 1099-S
You may want to seek local paid tax help for your rather complicated situation, instead of preparing a do-it-yourself tax return for 2022.
And.....if you have been using online TurboTax for past year joint returns, you will need to use your own new account if you decide to use TT anyway. It is too hard and messy to get the "spouse stuff" out of the account and off the transferred return, so you have to start fresh.
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