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Anonymous
January 6, 2023
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Legal fees to sell home

  • January 6, 2023
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Are legal fees deductible in Schedule A for work my lawyer did related to the selling my home?

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    DoninGA
    DoninGA
    Employee
    January 6, 2023

    No

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      Opus 17
      Employee
      January 6, 2023

      Legal fees that are part of selling your home are an adjustment to the cost basis, and may reduce your capital gains.  They are not a separate itemized deduction, before or after the 2018 tax reform law.  See publication 523.

      https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-523

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