KrisD15
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Deductions & credits

You would enter the sale under

Federal

Wages & Income

Less Common Income (the last section)

Sale of Home (gain or loss) 

 

After entering the sale price and purchase price, 

Be sure you entered the correct dates (First Date Sold, next screen date Bought) 

did you select 

YES for Time You Lived in the Home

NO for Did You Use This Home for Anything Other Than Your Primary Home?

NO for Another Home Sale 

NO for Depreciation After May 6, 1997

NO for Additional Exclusion for Surviving Spouses

 

That should indicate that you are eligible for the exclusion

 

If you answered any of the above questions differently, which ones? 

 

 

 

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