Hal_Al
Level 15

State tax filing

No. Although a job change can be an exception to the 2/5 rule, allowing for a partial exclusion,  "A partial home sale tax exclusion is ordinarily limited to the percentage of the two years up to the date of the sale that you owned and occupied the home as your principal residence".
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