@sumodog123 wrote:
Thanks for the quick response. So even though it was a temporary assignment and our initial plan was to return living there, it is no longer our Primary Residence? I guess that the 5 year period would have started Sept 2016 and we lived there for 2 years, so we would have to sell by Sept 2021. I think that is what you meant.
I thought you were living in the home until Sept. 2018. You posted "We live there until Sept. of 2018".
For the home to be your primary residence you have to live in the home for two years (730 days) in the five year period on the date of sale . The days do not have to be consecutive.
Review IRS Publication 523, Selling Your Home - https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p523.pdf
