If I sell a home & then purchase a new home in the same tax year & pay property taxes on both,are they both considered my main home when claiming my prop tax deductions?

[ln-warner]

I owned 2 homes during same tax year at different times in different states. Would they both be considered my main home for property taxes. Or would one be considered a main home and one a secondary home? I paid property taxes on both. Do I lump the property taxes for both together as main home? Or split between main and secondary?

[MinhT · Accepted solution]

Only one home can be considered as your main home at any one time.

However, you can claim property tax on all homes that you own. You can claim a total lump sum. There is no need to split them.

[ln-warner]

Thank you for your response. When using tubotax, it asks for the property taxes paid for my "main home", my "secondary home", etc. So to clarify, you are saying that I should lump the property taxes for both homes together under my "main home"?

[MinhT]

Yes, you can. The total will be reported as one lump sum of Schedule A.

[ln-warner]

ok thanks!