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Old 04-13-2015, 10:26 AM
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Sale of primary residence

My wife and I contracted a builder 10/31/2012 and closed on the home 7/17/2013. We are contemplating selling the home already and need to know what tax implications (if any) we might run into based on the following:

Sell the home prior to the 24 month mark (we're at 21 months now).
Take gain from the home (approx $70K) and apply it to equity in new home.
Do not meet partial exclusion requirements (health, job, etc).

I understand the obvious easy answer is to wait 3 months, but situation could dictate otherwise.

I believe the old laws allowed you to "roll" your equity over without considering it a gain, but I'm having trouble locating anything in the IRS tax code indicating that is still the case. Please advise.



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Old 04-13-2015, 11:35 AM
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I understand the obvious easy answer is to wait 3 months, but situation could dictate otherwise. ==========>> I guess it depends; To qualify, you need to own and live in the property have your primary residence for at least 2 years out of the 5 years ending on the date of sale.

I believe the old laws allowed you to "roll" your equity over without considering it a gain, but I'm having trouble locating anything in the IRS tax code indicating that is still the case====>> The rollover or once-in-a-lifetime options were replaced with the current per-sale exclusion amounts. There is some logic to this law change because most people under the prior rules didn't recognize a taxable gain, because they rolled it over into another residence before May 7, 1997, the only way you could avoid paying taxes on your home-sale gain was to use the money to buy another, more-expensive house within 2years;however, you SELLIN’ your home before reaching the 2 years mark will find no pot of tax-free gold at the end of the rainbow. The profit of $70k generated from the sale of your home will be taxed at the long-term capital gains tax rate of either 0 or 15 %, depending on your tax bracket.
Profits from the sale of a home owned for more than one year but less than two years will be taxed at the long-term capital gains of either 0 or 15 %. Worse yet, homeowners buying and selling within a one year period are taxed at the ordinary income rate, anywhere from 10 to 35 or 39.6% in 2014.
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