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 youhave 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).
If you are using online TT, you need Premium software to report the 1099-S
NOTE: If you have ever used the home as rental property or claimed a home office, you have more information to enter
And.....you purchased a home-----are you going to itemize mortgage interest, property tax or mortgage insurance?
Go to Federal> Deductions and Credits> Your Home to enter mortgage interest, property taxes, and mortgage insurance that you paid in 2024 You should have a 1098 from your mortgage lender that shows this information.Lenders send these in January/early February or you may be able to import the 1098 from the lender’s website.
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