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Calculating Capital Gains tax
what is the best way to calculate the tax due on the sale of investment property? I have had mixed results from different sites and would like a solid answer. They all seem to be pushing 1031 exchanges which I was not able to do for this sale. Please help!
Here are the numbers:
Purchase date: 8/2015
Sold: 6/2018
lived in property for 8/15 to 11/16(15 months); rented from 11/16 to 6/18(18 months)
Purchase price: $327,000
Purchase Settlement costs: $14,437
Improvements during ownership: $12,456
Depreciation taken during ownership: $23,349
Sale Price: $352,000
Sale Costs: $21,120
Remaining mortgage: $296,250
Cap gains rate 15%
PA state cap gain rate: 3.07%
Depreciation recapture rate: 25%
not sure if any other details are needed. please let me know if there is any others.
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https://www.irs.gov/publications/p544
"Depreciation Recapture
If you dispose of depreciable or amortizable property at a gain, you may have to treat all or part of the gain (even if otherwise nontaxable) as ordinary income."
No gain, no recapture.
The person who came up with that calculation doesn't factor in depreciation or non-deductible purchase costs in the properties adjusted basis.