You do not need to “trick” TurboTax. The program includes questions about the military.
- Type home sale in Search (magnifying glass) in the upper right corner
- Tap Jump to home sale
- On “Sale of Your Main Home,” say YES
- Enter your sale and purchase info
- On “Time You Lived In Your Home, say NO to Did you live in tleastome for at lest two years (24 months) since December 31, xxxx?
- On “Reason for Sale” select Other reasons, then Continue
- On “Other Reasons for Sale, select Military, foreign service, intelligence community employee, Peace Corps, then Continue
- On “Member of Military or Foreign Service, tap YES to Using these special rules, did you live in the home for at least 24 months during your qualifying period?
TurboTax will exempt up to $500,000 if married filinig jointly or $250,000 if filing single.filing
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