Robert Wong
Primary to Rental to Primary Tax Implications
Hi, I'm looking for clarification on the following scenario:I buy and live in a house as my primary residence for 2 years. Then, I convert it to a rental for the next 5 years. Finally, I decide to return and change th...
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Home Sale Tax Exclusion on a property with multiple owners
Hello,If I own 25% of a house that has $1,500,000 capital gains (i.e. bought for $500,000, sold for $1,500,000, my portion of the gains is $375,000), how does the home sale tax exclusion work? Does the $500,000 exclus...
Eddie Ziv
Transferring to LLC. Is capital gain tax due?
I'm in a process of transferring some of my properties to an LLC entity. These are four properties that were bought within a period between 3-14 month ago. The LLC is structured in such way that my wife and I own two ...
Kevin Carrington
Personal Residence Taxes
Hey BP, I was wondering if you live in a property for over two years and then move and rent it out for some time, do you still get the personal residence tax benefit? Or, do you have to live in it two years prior to s...
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LLC and capital gains
If we sell some land we owned for over a year for $296,000 and bought it for $196,000, we need to buy property(ies) that exceed $296,000, right? But also, we do not want to reinvest all the profit. With the boot, will...
Anna R.
Taxes on Flipped properties. Do I pay higher taxes?
If I am currently full time employed in Illinois and fit into the 28% Tax Bracket, what taxes do I pay for my flipped property? Am I still paying 15% of capital gains or do I pay 28% on capital gains due to my current...
Chris K.
I prepaid 2018 property taxes. Mistake?
So, following the near unanimous advice of everything I could find, because I have well over 10k in state and local taxes (and will likely opt for the standard deduction under the new tax bill), I went down to the Cit...
Rachael K.
Legal to move into my 1031 exchange- Safe Harbor clarification- capital gains
Hi, I was hoping to get some clarification on the Safe Harbor law. We are considering moving into our 1031 property and making it our primary residence. We have rented it out the past 3 years. What happens with the ...
Kelly Williams
Sell rental before capital gains tax?
I am moving out of my current residence and plan on turning it into a rental. From what I can tell if I sell the house within 3 years after moving out, I will not have to pay capital gains tax. The rule is if you...
Todd Tripp
Capital Gains Rollover Prior To 1997...
Does anyone know whether or not the gain from the sale of a home prior to 1997 that was rolled over to another home is taxable if sold today?
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