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As military, do I get a capital gains exemption on the sale of a rental property? I lived in the home for 11 months before reassignment. It has been rented for 11 years.
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As military, do I get a capital gains exemption on the sale of a rental property? I lived in the home for 11 months before reassignment. It has been rented for 11 years.
Probably.
If you moved for a 'job change' (such as reassignment in the military location) and you have been in the military for all of that time, yes, you qualify for a reduced maximum exclusion (assuming you have not excluded another home in the last 2 years). You would qualify to exclude up to 11/24ths of $250,000 ($500,000 if Married Filing Jointly, and I think you usually use days, not months).
However, you will still pay tax on the depreciation that you claimed as a rental property. That does not qualify to be excluded.
TurboTax should walk you through it, however, the screens can be tricky, so read each screen very carefully.