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It depends but if you have to report the sale, you will report your share of the house (50/50 if you live in a Community Property State) as the sale of a capital asset. So you will include your share of the cost basis and your share of the net profits from the sale on your tax return (if this is not your primary home or you do not meet the home gain exclusions).
You do not need to enter or report the sale of your primary residence if:
You can take the gain exclusion as long as you considered the home your "primary residence" for 2 of the last 5 years. If you have a capital gain from the sale of your main home, you may qualify to exclude up to $250,000 of that gain from your income. You may qualify to exclude up to $500,000 of that gain if you file a joint return with your spouse. See Sale of Your Home for more information on the exclusion.
If you still need to enter your sale of your primary residence (which may require an upgrade in TurboTax), please follow these steps: log into your tax return (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here and click on "Take me to my return") type "sale of home" in the search bar then select "jump to sale of home". TurboTax will guide you in entering this information
If this is the sale of a second home -
To enter the sale of a capital asset in TurboTax, log into your tax return (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here and click on "Take me to my return") type "investment sales" in the search bar then select "jump to investment sales". TurboTax will guide you in entering this information.
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