I am planning to sell my primary house and move to a diffent city (50 miles away) I owned this house less than 2 yrs.  Hoe much tax do i have to pay on the gains.\nTIA
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It depends on your age, where you live, how it affects your other income, etc. Talk to a tax accountant.
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There are a number of questions that would have to be answered before anyone could really give you advice on this.\n\nAre you definitely moving in 2 years?  When you move, will you sell the condo or rent it out.  Do you have a systematic savings plan right now?  Is your interest rate you're paying now fixed or variable?\n\nIf you are currently saving toward a down payment and are sure you'll have enough when the time comes to move, then it's fine to pay extra toward your 2nd mortgage.  Also, if your moving in 2 years is uncertain, then I would think about paying extra against the mortgage. \n\nHowever, if you are not currently saving toward a down payment, or if you are but you're not sure if you'll have enough, then I would contribute toward that savings instead of extra against the mortgage.  You want to make sure you have saved enough because you have no idea what the real estate market or interest rates will be like in 2 years.  The condo market may crash again like it did in the 80's.  It's always better to have the cash set aside.  It gives you more options down the road.
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I am also a seniour citizen.  My investment is in property only.  My strong advise is not to sell the flat unless you are badly in need of money.  The value of properties are going up and up daily.  If you sell now, you cannot buy it again.  Selling property and paying capital gains is all waste.\n\nIf you have to sell your property, and if you happend to pay tax, to avoid paying tax he has to invest the profit in capital gain bonds. If your father has no other income, then you can deduct Rs.1.85 lakhs from the profit. Say indexation profit is 3 lakhs. less 1.85 lakhs rebate to >65 years old people. Your net profit on which you have to pay tax @20% is Rs.1.15 lakhs.)\n\nWhat Mr.Rupin sain in his above answer is partly not correct.  For the purpose of Long Term Capital Gains on Property, you have to go indexation only and no other methos. (The other method of 10% is only for mutual fund units.) Mr.Rupin said two methods.  No two methods. Only one method for property that is indexation and 20% tax.\n\nI have given the below answer to a question about long term capital gains of a property.  Follow this.  This will give you how to calculate the tax.  About 20 years back say during 1985-86 the indexation was 133.  For 2005-06 it is 497. \n \nCost if Indexation is only for the purpose of calculating Long Term Capital Gains. Listed/shares sold in Indian Stock Exchanges are free from payment of Tax, if they are sold after 12 months of purchase. Other properties will be treated as Long Term Cap. Gains if they were sold after 36 months. For this, the indexation cost will apply and the income tax on this income is @20% flat rate. \n\nExample:\nOn 17.9.1982 your have purchased a house plot for Rs.10,000/-. That is in the FY:1982-1983. The Cost of inflation index for that year was 109;\n\nOn 16-11-2005 you have sold the same for Rs.8,00,000. The financial year is 05-06 and the inflation index for that year was 497.\n\nYour actual gain is (8,00,000-10,000) Rs.7,90,000/- \n\nYour actual cost of the house site is Rs.10,000\n\nYour inflation indexation cost is 10,000 x 497/109= Rs.45,596/-\n\nYour inflation indexation gain is Rs.8,00,000-45,596= Rs.7,54,404. \n\nThe tax on it will be Rs.1,50,881+ED2%. \n\nIf you need any personal clariication (free advise), please send me a mail to my mail address neswarareddy@yahoo.com
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Yes, they are.  So are a lot of other things.  Basically, your "gain" is your selling price, minus your purchase price minus upgrades and improvements, minus purchase fees, minus selling fees...basically minus anything that you weren't able to claim against your taxes like mortgage interest and RE taxes.\n\nBut, please, don't take my word for it.  Everything you ever wanted to know about selling your house is at the IRS link attached.\n\nCongrats big time on having such a nice gain!
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Your question is not completely clear. Do you think you pay a tax when you buy the house? Or are you asking about the yearly property tax that you must pay if you own property in a specific county.?
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Yes, unless the litigants can prove that,that is why they did it. Their new house will also have to be in your name for at least two years. Also, you will have to pay capital gain taxes on the money you receive from the original sale of their "old" home.
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The mortgage is not relevant for taxes.  You need to know your tax basis in the property.  Normally, property received by inheritance is valued at the time of death to determine basis.  This means you should not have a capital gain.  You said the house is "in trust".  If this is true, neither you or your brother own the house, the trust does.  Your ability to "cash out" is determined by the terms of the trust and the decision of the trustee.  You need to consult and attorney who needs to read the trust documents.
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If you sell your home in less than two years from date of purchase, you pay a 15% short term capitol gain.\n\nFrom your gross profit, you can deduct all costs related to the sale.\n\nI am with Realty Executives in Phoenix. If you want to contact me I will show you how yo maximize your profits and reduce your tax bill.
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The inheritance tax threshold was raised in the budget on Wednesday (22/03/06).\n\nCurrent rules mean that 40% tax must be paid on any estate worth more than £275,000. This threshold will rise to £285,000 from April and then £300,000 by the 2007/2008 tax year.\n\nIf your house is worth substantially less than this then it may not be worthwhile.\n\nAlso you would have to live for 7 years in order for the house to be classifed as a "gift" by the Inland Revenue. If you pass away before that then the house will still be taxed as inheritance.\n\nOne option is to move house and then use any spare cash to gift or distribute.\n\nIf you do consider that signing over 50% of your hosue is the best way you should investigate carefully the laws on tenants in common, as this is treated slightly differently to joint ownership.\n\nFor full information check out the Inland Revenue website here:\n\nhttp://www.hmrc.gov.uk/leaflets/iht.htm
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If the sell of the home is in the same year of your dad's passing, then up to $500,000 of the gain from the sell would be excluded from your mom's gross income.  If it is the year after, then the exclusion will be up to $250,000 of the gain.\n\nIf the house was part of community property, then one-half of the home would get a step-up in basis to the Fair Market Value of the home on the date of your dad's passing.  So, you might not have that much gain, leaving you well below the exclusion limit.\n\nHope this helps, and I'm sorry to hear about your loss.
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Let me tell you the minus part-\n\nBought my grandmas home valued at $595K, took out a loan for 436,000.  Plumbing was $6000 off the bat, interior painting, wall paper removal $1500.  Tons of homes in her area have come up for sale 495K-630K, and a few closed after 3+ months for sale.  Decided to rent the place for $2200, loan is $1750, insurance $90, and property tax is a mess right now.  Rent not covering the PITI ( even on neg am loan).  Gardner's raised fee due to gas, I pay water and trash. \n\nIf I sell, I am subject to capital gains on any money I make.  Based on price I paid, that was never disclosed cause there was no contract I am in a bit of a mess.  They can actually base my capital gains off the price my grandma paid on the home $19,000.\n\nUnless your related to Donald Trump, I would stay away from the real estate investing until you get a grasp on the entire picture.  I am finding it incredibly hard to remember what the basis was for deciding to take on another property.  Even with my own personal income 10K month, & rent for the home I am finding it necessary to balance my checkbook for the first time in my life.  It may turn out great down the road.  To date, its taken entire days away from my regular job, required more up front money then budgeted, caused a potential tax mess, and the worse time to try and sell in a historically desirable neighborhood of custom homes.
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By converting one home to a rental property, you will only lose that tax exemption on the sale of the property ($500 if MFJ or $250 if single).  But the rental property will now get benefits, such as deducting depreciation, repairs, insurance, HOA fees etc that were not deductible before.  The down side is that when you sell this property, you have capital gains issues.  I suggest you consult a tax accountant to learn more about your options,  It will be well worth the fee, beleive me.
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It depends on how involved you want to remain with the property.  Being a landlord is a full-time task, unless you want to hire a property manager.  \n\nYou get certain tax benefits; I would balance them against the time/hassle you'd spend as a landlord.\n\nAs you can tell, I'm leaning towards advising you to sell.  You won't pay any capital gains tax on the sale if it's under $250,000; however, you have to have lived on the property for two years.
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Taxes due would depend on what you sell it for.  The privacy fence and storage shed would be added to the cost of the house.  The cosmetic repairs would not be.  So you have $127K into it.  The difference between that and what you sell it for (net - you get to subtract items like realtor's commissions that you pay) is your gain.  \n\nFebruary isn't far off, so hanging in there until then makes sense.  Staying a year would make your gain long-term.  You're probably in the 15% bracket, which would mean your long term capital gain would have 5% tax applied.  So if, for example, you sold your home for $150K and paid real estate commission of $9000, you'd have a gain of $150K - $127K - $9K, or $14,000, and your tax on that would probably be $700, which isn't all that bad if you really hate it there.\n\nYou'd have to stay two full years to avoid capital gains taxes at all, and doesn't sound like you want to do that.  There is a little bit of an out here - if you move to a different area and can legitimately claim that the move was due to taking a new job, you can exclude some of the gain - basically, if you lived there a full year, you could exclude half of the gain, and just pay tax on the other half.  But if you're retired, you don't have that option.\n\nWhat you still owe, and what it is or was appraised at, make no difference to the taxes you'll pay.\n\nGood luck on selling your house quickly and at a good price.
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I'm just going off the top of my head here without looking anything up, so just use my answer as a guide and not fact.  (Because staring at the code is factual, but sometimes doesn't get you very far in thought.)\n\nThe rental property.  Chop this up into three components - land, building and personal property.\n\nLand, as you know, is not depreciable.  But it should be listed as a separate component of the sale.  \nThe building is depreciable, but will also be under an additional code section, 1250.\n\nThe general rule starts with section 1231 property.  Then, depending on what it is, it might ALSO be 1245 property or 1250 property.  But just to keep things simple, think 1245 = equipment and 1250=buildings.\n\nBoth 1245 and 1250 pretty much say this: When you sell the asset, the amount over adjusted basis, up to the extent of depreciation taken, is ordinary gain.\n\nFor example.  I bought a piece of equipment a few years back for 10,000.  Tuesday, when I sold it, it had a tax adjusted basis of 1,000 (10,000 historical value less 9,000 of accumulated tax depreciation taken).  I collected 5,000.  In this case, ALL of my 4,000 gain (5,000 sales price less 1,000 adjusted basis) will be ordinary income.  \nLet's say I sold it for 12,000.  9,000 of my gain would be ordinary and 3,000 capital gains.  \nNow I'm babbling.  But in a nutshell, you are recapturing the depreciation expense at ordinary, just like you took the expense (over time).\n1250 for buildings has something similar, but not many have that issue anymore (unless they were purchased over a decade ago or so).  There is some special additional tax on the gain or special rate.\nBut the losses are ordinary, thankfully.\nAnd I feel like I'm getting off track here, but I'm trying.  :)\n\nBut onto the land.  It depends.  And perhaps this is where saying more info is needed might help.\nIf this is a separate piece of land accounted for seperately and Mary can prove that she wasn't going to improve anything, then there might be support for the claim that it is a capital asset and the gains are capital.\nHowever, that would be really agressive to me considering it saysing "holding for future development" and if there has been anything substantial done to the property.\nIn short, you will want to check out code section 1237 for reference too although it doesn't exactly fit your problem.\n\nAnd last but not least, I'll clog this answer with an Explanation nabbed from my own stuff.  Good luck on your research and forgive me for such a lengthy answer.  Usually I hate stuffed answers.  Cheers!\n\nReal property produces capital gain or loss on its sale or exchange if it's a capital asset. The main reasons for the exclusion of real property from the capital asset category are (1) that it's property held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his business, and (2) that it's real property used in his business. Code Sec. 1221(a)(1) , Code Sec. 1221(a)(2) . However, the sale or exchange of real property used in a business (including rental realty), or the involuntary conversion of such property or real property that is a capital asset, can produce a Code Sec. 1231 gain or loss. \n\nThe fact that real property is held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a taxpayer's business precludes it from being either a capital asset or a Code Sec. 1231 asset (business-use property). Code Sec. 1221(a)(1) ; Code Sec. 1231(b)(1)(B) . The factual question of whether real property was so held gave rise to intensive litigation. Cases decided under Code Sec. 1231 are covered as part of the question of what property is used in a business. Decisions delineating property that is a capital asset are covered in this subdivision. The special rules of Code Sec. 1237 , allow taxpayers other than C corporations to obtain limited capital gain as to property subdivided for sale under certain circumstance
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No, if it is your principal residence, and you sell within 2 years.  However, if this is an investment property, and you are using that money to buy another investment property.  The transaction could be set up as Sec. 1031 exchange, which will result in a tax deferral.
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There isn't specifically a "tax break" for a first time homeowner.  You do get to deduct your mortgage interest.  As far as moving, if you pass the checklist of questions, you should be able to deduct the specific items that the IRS will allow, i.e. mileage, and moving expenses if it was for your job.