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Is the sale on my home taxable if the capital gains are below $500000?

Why is my home sale shown on my income section?
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Is the sale on my home taxable if the capital gains are below $500000?

You may need to go back to the Home Sale section and review your answers.

 

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).


Gain or Loss = Sales Price minus Sales Expenses minus Adjusted Basis (Purchase Price plus the cost of improvements prior to the sale)


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 Premium 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.

 

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

Is the sale on my home taxable if the capital gains are below $500000?

if you and your spouse qualify for the home sale exclusion - owned by one  (or both ) for 2 out of 5 years before sale and occupied by both for any 2 years of 5 years before sale, the time persios for occupancy don't have to match and the HSE hasn't been used within two years of this sale by either of you. also the exclusion is $500,000 only if it was not a rental before it became your primary residence.  you need to report it if you got a 1099-S because the iRS will be looking for the reporting on your return.   

Carl
Level 15

Is the sale on my home taxable if the capital gains are below $500000?

Why is my home sale shown on my income section?

Did you claim a home office or any other type of business use since you originally purchased the home? If so, then you are required to recapture any depreciation taken on that home office and pay taxes on it. Recaptured depreciation is not included as part of the exemption. You will pay taxes on it.

 

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