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Employee
June 1, 2019
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If you sell your primary residence, invest that gain in a house that you then sell 10 years later for no gain or loss, do you have to pay taxes on the proceeds of sale?

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If you don't invest that $250,000 in another house for a second time, do you have to pay taxes on that?

Best answer by DoninGA

The requirement to defer capital gains by purchasing a residence that was greater than the sale price of the prior home was removed from the tax code in 1997.

If you sold your primary personal residence and you lived in and owned the home for at least two years in the five year period on the date of sale, you do not have to report the sale if your gains are less then the exclusion amounts of $250,000 if filing Single or $500,000 if filing Married Filing Jointly (and both lived in and owned the home for two years). 

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DoninGA
DoninGAAnswer
Employee
June 1, 2019

The requirement to defer capital gains by purchasing a residence that was greater than the sale price of the prior home was removed from the tax code in 1997.

If you sold your primary personal residence and you lived in and owned the home for at least two years in the five year period on the date of sale, you do not have to report the sale if your gains are less then the exclusion amounts of $250,000 if filing Single or $500,000 if filing Married Filing Jointly (and both lived in and owned the home for two years). 

beliAuthor
Employee
June 1, 2019
Do you have pay capital gains tax on sale of your primary residence if you are older than 75?