LaceyL
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What a great question!

You can exclude $250,000 ($500,000 for married filing joint) on the sale of a house if:

  • You owned the house 2 or more of the last 5 years
  • Lived in the house as a primary residence 2 or more of the last 5 years

If you have both lived in and owned the house for 2 of the past 5 years, you will have no tax effect if you file jointly and have less than $500,000 gain on the sale.  There are some exceptions, like having reported a home office or used it as a rental.

 

You will use the same TurboTax you would use without the sale of the house, assuming the gain is all excluded.

 

For more information, here is a great article on the subject Tax Aspects of Home Ownership: Selling a Home 

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