Reaganfi
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Deductions & credits

Will be divorced by the time our house goes up for sale.
I was just told by accountant here in Colorado that you take price you paid for the house originally and subtract the profit amount from the sale, then pay 20% tax on that.  That would be a negative number wouldn’t it. Real estate usually appreciates doesn’t it?  We paid $250,000. originally and my portion of the profit from the sale is $400,000.  How do I figure this out?