Understanding Starker exchange rules

Part 5: Tax advice for homeowners

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(This is Part 5 of a five-part series. Read Part 1, "IRS debunks common tax myths"; Part 2, "Homeowners get good tax news for 2007"; Part 3, "How to deduct mortgage interest, points on taxes"; and Part 4, "Home sellers keep profits, avoid taxes.")

"The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets." --Will Rogers

In this series of tax articles, I have discussed the tax benefits for residential properties, such as the exclusion of gain of up to $500,000, or the various tax deductions available to homeowners.

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