How much should I have taken out for tax on the sell of my house

If your gain was more than  $250,000 filing Single, or more than $500,000 filing Married Filing Jointly the sale must be reported on your tax return.  Whether you re-invested the gain in to another house is irrelevant.  If you  have a Form 1099-S go to Federal>Wages and Income>Less Common Income>Sale of Home (gain or loss)

If you owned and lived in the home as your primary residence for at least 2 of the last 5 years on the date of the sale, you do not have to report the home sale if the gain is less than $250K filing Single, or less than $500K filing Married Filing Jointly (and you both owned and lived in the home for at least 2 years).

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It depends on a few things:

1. 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.
2. 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.