October 27th, 2009 | 
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woodshillfarm asked:
My husband and I own a home and a piece of land that we intended to build on, and sell our house.
We have instead decided to sell the vacant land and our current home (lived in for 6yrs) and put a down payment on a house with the land profit money. My question is, will we have to pay a capital gain on our land profit if we are putting it back into the new house? If so how much will we be taxed on our profit?
Is there any way to avoid being taxed on the land profit?
Elana Bibles
My husband and I own a home and a piece of land that we intended to build on, and sell our house.
We have instead decided to sell the vacant land and our current home (lived in for 6yrs) and put a down payment on a house with the land profit money. My question is, will we have to pay a capital gain on our land profit if we are putting it back into the new house? If so how much will we be taxed on our profit?
Is there any way to avoid being taxed on the land profit?
Elana Bibles
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You have to claim it. You claim any type of income. And after you buy, you claim this amount on your expenses.
The land you owned it for of personal residence if you have the gain will be taxed at the only way to raw land you lived in gain will be.
If you’ve owned the property for less then a year it’s considered short term capitol gains and it will go on your income for the year, so you’ll pay what ever tax bracket that puts you in. If you’ve owned it for more then a year it’s considered long term capitol gains and the profit is taxed at a flat rate of 15%. When you or your tax person calculate your profit make sure you write off any expense associated with buying and selling the property, (you don’t have to pay taxes on them) like real estate fees, taxes, loan interest, inspection fees, etc..
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