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Conference nyoss1::market_investing

Title:Market Investing
Moderator:2155::michaud
Created:Thu Jan 23 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1060
Total number of notes:10477

259.0. "loss on residence sale" by CSSE::POTTER () Thu Jul 30 1992 13:44

    I read in yesterday's WSJ that the House had passed a bill allowing 
    a loss on the sale of a principle residence, the article gave scant
    details.  Does anyone know more about this?
    
    Is the bill through the House?  Does it still have to go through the
    Senate?  If it becomes law will it be treated as a capital loss and
    the 3K/year limit apply?
    
    -john_bought_in_88
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259.1NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Thu Jul 30 1992 13:496
The way I read the article, it would allow you to use the capital loss on
the sale of a principal residence to offset a future capital gain on another
principal residence.  The logical way to do this would be to allow the
loss to increase the basis of the second house (or, equivalently, to
reduce the sale price).  Clearly you can't offset the gain until you've
sold the second residence.
259.2SFC01::CABANYAThu Jul 30 1992 15:454
I think the same bill also has a $2500 allowance for first time home buyer,
and will re-allow IRA's for everyone again, fully deductable...

mary c
259.3LABC::RUFri Jul 31 1992 16:545
    
    That would be a good law.  I hope it retroact back two years
    when I sold my house at loss.
    
    Jason
259.4Loss on house you rent?LAVGOD::ALLENI got free checking at BCCIMon Aug 10 1992 16:579
    
    
    Along the same lines as this basenote, what are the tax ramifications
    of renting a house you currently live in (assuming that you move out),
    and then sell the house for a loss some time later.  Are you able to
    take a capital gains loss on the sale of the house.  Would there be any
    limits to the amount of the loss you can take?
    
    
259.5discussion pointerTUXEDO::YANKESMon Aug 10 1992 17:165
    
    	This has been discussed a lot over in the tallis::real_estate
    notesfile.
    
    							-craig