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gjtseng
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Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 06:19 | IP Logged  

Hey CPA#1

Got a question. When you sell a home at a gain, which is a capital gain and we have a max of 500000 for MFJ and 250000 for single, according to the becker book. What if we sell the house at a loss? Is that a Capital loss, and subject to the 3000 deduction limitation and carry over the remaining balance? OR should we just treat it as personal loss, which is not deductible?

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Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 13:32 | IP Logged  

Selling your personal home at a loss is a personal loss and is not deductible.

Also, about that $250,000 (or $500,000 MFJ) exclusion on the Capital Gain..... In order to qualify for the exclusion, the home must be your principal place of residence for 2 of the previous 5 years. If not, you must pro-rate the exclusion.


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hi CPA#1

Thank you ^^

James

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gjtseng wrote:

hey guys

I have a qeustion. I am preparing the regulation part now. As i study, i found out that in the personal and corp tax return are many numbers. such as max amount you can put in every year or the max you can deduct and phase out....it is hard to memorize them all. Are we suppose to remember them all? Can any one help me out here please?

James

There are very few phaseouts and max AGI limits that you need be concerned with.  You will probably get one or two phaseout questions per exam. If you have time, you can try to memorize. Better to know something about everything than try to know everything...

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Hey Darius

Thank you for your reply. How about Tax credit and AMT? Should we focus on memorize them? One last question, are you tutoring the CPA exam?

James

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