You don't have to reinvest the proceeds for gain exclusion on the sale of a primary residence.Below are some of the rules to exclude the gain on a primary residence.
- Ownership: You must have owned the home for at least two years (730 days or 24 full months) during the five years prior to the date of your sale. It doesn't have to be continuous, nor does it have to be the two years immediately preceding the sale. If you lived in a house for a decade as your primary residence, then rented it out for two years prior to the sale, for example, you would still qualify under this test.
- Use: You must have used the home you are selling as your principal residence for at least two of the five years prior to the date of sale.
- Timing: You have not excluded the gain on the sale of another home within two years prior to this sale.
Please see Tax Aspects of Home Ownership: Selling a Home for rules and conditions to exclude the gain.
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