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Tax Considerations >Your Tax Free Profits
Significant tax reform legislation was signed into law with the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. This legislation replaced both the one-time $125,000 tax-free exclusion for homeowners aged 55 and older, and the "rollover" deferment of capital gains tax requiring the purchase of a replacement home of higher or equal cost within two years of the sale of your principal residence.
With this change, a married couple filing their taxes jointly pays capital gains taxes only on that portion of home sales profits that exceeds $500,000. Single taxpayers, heads of households, and married persons filing separately may exclude up to $250,000. The exclusion is available for all sales of homes that occurred on or after May 6, 1997. Homeowners can use this tax-free provision every two years.
You are allowed to keep these tax-free profits only if you have owned and used the home as your principal residence for two out of the five years prior to the sale of the property. Although the regulations do not require continuous occupancy, the IRS specifies that your principal residence must be the home you use for the majority of time during the year. Consult your tax advisor about your personal circumstance.
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Where will you find the world's most unusual golf course?
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The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and no penalty against the golfer whose golf ball is stolen by a monkey. |
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Keller Williams Realty
11700 Plaza America Drive
Suite 150
Reston, VA 20190
Chris Antonelli Direct: 703-474-1011
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Email: Chris@TheAteamVA.com
Vince Antonelli began his real estate career in 1988 with the goal of making real estate as easy and stress free as possible for his clients. Thanks to his hard work and dedication his business has grown steadily over the years and in early 2005 his son Christopher joined him to ensure that all of their clients received maximum attention and support.
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