Taxes on home sale

Have client who bought another home while she was waiting to sell the home she lived in since 1976 with her husband.

She bought a smaller home and has only lived in the new home for less than a year.

The other home was up for sale and finally sold for in March 2020 for 420k.

Husband passed away in 1999.

They bought the home back in 1976 for $46,000.

Improvements over time were approx. $100k (New Floors, New roof, new siding, new windows)

There is no tax on the 420k, correct?

Thank you,
Douglas



Watching this post in hopes of a reply from a knowledgeable person.  I don’t know enough about tax law myself to reply to this.  Tom D.

  • This is a retirement accout forum and not a general tax forum. The OP should post this on a tax forum such as fairmark.com or a general investment forum such as bogleheads.org.
  • And/or reference IRS Publication 523 Selling Your Home. See the Eligibility Test on pages 3-6 and Worksheet 1. Find Your Exclusion Limit on page 7.

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