Early Retirement

BrendaJ1 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:13:11 GMT

I am using my savings from sale of home for my retirement until I start drawing pension from work. I was told I would have to pay capital gains tax. How can I estimate what I will need to pay at the end of the year in CGT?

Re: Early Retirement

Critter-3 — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 21:04:28 GMT

It will probably be roughly 20% of the profit in excess of any exclusion allowed ...

If you sold your primary personal residence and you lived in and owned the home for at least two years in the five year period on the date of sale, you do not have to report the sale if your gains are less then the exclusion amounts of $250,000 if filing Single or $500,000 if filing Married Filing Jointly (and both lived in the home for two years).

If you had a gain greater then the exclusion amounts then you would have to report the sale. Also, if you received a Form 1099-S for the sale either with a gain or a loss, the sale has to be reported. You will need the online TurboTax Premier or Self-Employed edition to report the sale if you are using the online editions. Make sure that you indicate that you want the sale of the home reported on your tax return. (See Screenshot)***

Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business)
Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
Scroll down to Less Common Income
On Sale of Home (gain or loss), click the start or update button

Or enter sale of home in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to sale of home

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Early Retirement

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