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Asset Sales

gsindcal — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:18 GMT

I sold my investment home in 2021. What all can I show as expenses from my closing statement? Can I include the mortgage payoff amount as expense? For e.g.

Total sale price = $100,000

Mortgage payoff = $50,000

Closing Cost = $5,000

Real Estate Commission = $3,000

Can I show total expense as $58,000 or will it be $8,000?

Re: Asset Sales

MinhT1 — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:45:11 GMT

The mortgage payoff is not a selling expense. It is the payoff of your loan.

In your case, total selling expense is $8,000.

Re: Asset Sales

gsindcal — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:22:04 GMT

Thanks.

In this case, will the Sale price be excluding the mortgage payment then?

My capital gain is only $50,000 here (100k - 50k). Should I be showing the capital gain as the Sale price? I dont want the entire $100K to be shown as capital gain, which is incorrect. How do I show the payoff amount to correctly represent my capital gain? Dont want Turbotax to tax me on entire $100K.

Re: Asset Sales

Vanessa A — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:35:38 GMT

Your mortgage pay off is irrelevant. You would use the price you paid for the house as a deduction.

Total sale price = $100,000

Purchase price = $60,000 (random number)

Closing Cost = $5,000

Real Estate Commission = $3,000

Total expense would be $68,000 in this example.

Profit $32,000