Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act --- ABOUT HMDA: HOW TO FILE: PUBLIC DATA: REPORTING RESOURCES: SEARCH SITE INDEX PDF HELP CONTACT US PRIVACY POLICY QUICK LINKS Rate Spread Calc Geocoding System FAQs Data Order Form Aggregate Report Disclosure Report National Aggregate Census Reports CRA Suppl Reg C Amend. Welcome to the FFIEC's Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) web site. Information is organized into four categories: About HMDA Learn about the history and regulation behind HMDA How to File Find file specifications, software and various resources for reporting HMDA data Public Data Access on-line reports and ordering information for HMDA public data Reporting Resources Quick reference to reporting resources and assistance. WHAT'S NEW The 2006 HMDA Data Entry Software is available. Asset threshold increase for CY2006. FAQs updated with Type of Purchaser. FFIEC issues additional guidance on HMDA reporting . FAQs updated with Temporary Financing. 2006 Edits and File Specs are available. Corrections for 2004 HMDA Aggregrate and Disclosure data are available. Press Release announces the availability of 2004 HMDA data. -MUST READ. Data Collection Procedure Change -MUST READ. 2005 Census Data Geocoding System is now updated with 2005 census information. The 2000 CRA/HMDA Reporter is now available. This newsletter provides information on various topics to assist in the collection and reporting of CRA and HMDA data. It's a MUST READ! -- An August 8, 2000 Press Release announces the availablility of data about 1999 mortgage lending activity, National Aggregates , MSA Aggregate and Disclosure Reports . --

Selling Home

Selling Your Home Home | Contact IRS | About IRS | Site Map | Español | Help Advanced Search Search Tips News Essentials What's Hot News Releases IRS - The Basics IRS Guidance Media Contacts Facts & Figures Problem Alerts Around the Nation e-News Subscriptions The Newsroom Topics Tax Tips 2006 Radio PSAs Fact Sheets Armed Forces Disaster Relief Offshore Compliance Scams / Consumer Alerts Tax Shelters More Topics . . IRS Resources Compliance & Enforcement Contact My Local Office e-file Forms and Publications Frequently Asked Questions News Taxpayer Advocacy Where To File Selling Your Home Tax Tip 2005-55, March 18, 2005 If you sold your main home, you may be able to exclude up to $250,000 of gain ($500,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly) from your federal tax return. This exclusion is allowed each time that you sell your main home, but generally no more frequently than once every two years. To be eligible for this exclusion, your home must have been owned by you and used as your main home for a period of at least two out of the five years prior to its sale. You also must not have excluded gain on another home sold during the two years before the current sale. If you and your spouse file a joint return for the year of the sale, you can exclude the gain if either of you qualify for the exclusion. But both of you would have to meet the use test to claim the $500,000 maximum amount. To exclude gain, a taxpayer must both own and use the home as a principal residence for two of the five years before the sale. The two years may consist of 24 full months or 730 days. Short absences, such as for a summer vacation, count as periods of use. Longer breaks, such as a one-year sabbatical, do not. If you do not meet the ownership and use tests, you may be allowed to exclude a reduced maximum amount of the gain realized on the sale of your home if you sold your home due to health, a change in place of employment, or certain unforeseen circumstances. Unforeseen circumstances include, for example, divorce or legal separation, natural or man-made disaster resulting in a casualty to your home, or an involuntary conversion of your home. If you can exclude all the gain from the sale of your home, you do not report any of that gain on your federal tax return. If you cannot exclude all the gain from the sale of your home, use Schedule D, Capital Gains or Losses, of the Form 1040 to report it. For more details and information, download a copy of Publication 523, Selling Your Home, or order it by calling toll free 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676). Links: Publication 523, Selling Your Home ( PDF 194K ) Schedule D, Capital Gains and Losses ( PDF 136K ) Tax Topic 701 — Sale of Your Home Publication 3, Armed Forces Tax Guide ( PDF 206K ) Highlights: Military Family Tax Relief Act Subscribe to Tax Tips Accessibility | FirstGov.gov | Freedom of Information Act | Important Links | IRS Privacy Policy | U.S. Treasury