MaryK4
Employee Tax Expert

Deductions & credits

Because you took the depreciation for your home office, it is treated as business income so the $500K exclusion does not apply (it is treated as sale of a business asset).  The capital gain essentially represents the DEFERRAL of tax created by using the depreciation deduction.  @campoann26 

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