Possibly. It depends on a few things:
- Is it your personal residence? If so, have you lived in it for 2 out of the last 5 years? How long have you owned the home? If you owned and lived in the home for 2 out of the last 5 years, then you may qualify for the home sale exclusion which would exclude up to $250k ($500k if married filing jointly) of the sale of your home. In order to qualify you must not have used the home sale exclusion in the past 2 years.
- If you do not qualify, the rest of your income will play a part in the tax rate. This would be a capital gains sale so your tax rate would be between 0% and 20%. The capital gains rates are as follows based on income
- Zero percent rate for the following income
- $44,625 for single or MFS
- $59,750 for HOH
- $89,250 for Married Filing Jointly
- Fifteen percent for income more than above but less than below
- $276,900 for MFS
- $492,300 for Single
- $523,050 for Head of Household
- $553,850 for Married Filing Jointly
- Twenty percent for the amount that your taxable income is over the 15% level.
To enter the Sale of a Home select the following:
- Federal
- Income
- Sale of Home under Less Common Income
If it was not your primary home, you will enter it by doing the following:
- Federal
- Income
- Show More next to Investment Income
- Start next to Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other (1099-B)
- Select Other
- Continue through and select second home for the type of investment
- Answer how you obtained it
- You will need to enter the selling price, dates and the cost basis of the home
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