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Originally Posted by EastCoastDawg
My wife and I own our home in joint names.
How easy/expensive would it be to have it reregistered solely in her name?
Any tax consequences from the increase in value while we've owned it?
Thank you
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The $500,00 exclusion would still apply if the house is in the spouse's name only - so no problem there as long as the other required conditions are met.
A surviving spouse would get a step up in basis if the house were owned jointly upon the other spouse's passing . No step up when residence is retitled in only one spouse's name. Depending upon when the house is sold the surviving spouse may get only a $250,000 exclusion so the step up in basis would affect the profit and therefore whether there is any taxable gain.