Yes, this is correct.
Because California is a Community Property State, you would get a step-up on both halves of the property.
Since she passed in May 2021, the value on that date is your 'basis" for the entire home.
You also get the Home Sale Gain Exclusion, so there might be no Capital Gain on the sale to claim.
The sale is reported in TurboTax under
Income & Wages
Scroll down to "Less Common Income"
Select START for "Sale of Home"
As you continue through this interview, you will get to a screen titled "Tell Us About the Purchase of Your Home"
This is where you enter the date you purchased your house and your ADJUSTED COST BASIS
This is where you will enter the May 2021 value of the property.
The May 2021 value is your adjusted cost basis, TurboTax does not calculate it.
If you have three estimates of the value when your wife passed, you could take the average and enter that as your adjusted basis. You would also add any improvement you made between May 2021 and the date you sold the home.
Since it has been over two years since your wife passed, and if you have not remarried, you are limited to the 250,000 exclusion of gain. So if the house was worth 1.25M or more in May 2021, there would be no taxable gain. (You also subtract closing costs, such as commissions).
If you have remarried, you may be allowed the 500,000 exclusion, but that would depend on if your current wife used the exclusion within the last two years.
Again, your adjusted basis is not a calculation the software does, you enter it.
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