Reduced Exclusion |
If a taxpayer does not qualify for the full home sale gain exclusion, they may still qualify to exclude a reduced amount if the taxpayer(s) did not meet the ownership and use tests, or the exclusion was disallowed because of the once every 2-year rule, but sold the home due to:
Amount of Reduced Exclusion – If qualified, the reduced exclusion is determined on an individual basis and in the case of married taxpayers, the individually computed amounts are combined for the joint exclusion. To determine the reduced exclusion, multiply $250,000 (maximum exclusion amount) by a fraction whose denominator is 720 and numerator is the shorter of: (1) The number of days, during the five-year period just prior to the current sale that the property was owned and used by the taxpayer as his/her principal residence, or (2) If you sold a home just prior to the current sale and the exclusion applied to that sale, the number of days between that sale and the current sale.
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