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July 30, 2010
Only Principal Residence Gain On Home Sales Can be Excluded
The U.S. Tax Court ruled last month that capital gains received from the sale of a house cannot be excluded from taxable income unless the taxpayers owned and lived in the property for two of the past five years. In David A. Gates et ux., the Court had to weigh a unique case in which a new home was built on the site of a former residence...