Do tax breaks exist for elderly home sellers?

DEAR BENNY: I am a 90-year-old widower. I will have to sell my house when I am no longer able to drive. My problem concerns the possible tax on my profit. I possibly will get double my cost of 20 years ago but the dollars have lost half of their value (purchasing power) so there may be no gain at all. I call this "imaginary profit."

I understand that in the past there was no tax for elderly people when they sold their house at a gain. Is there such a law presently in existence?

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