Title issue kills $500K tax break

DEAR BOB: I sold my principal residence in January 2006 with a capital gain of about $400,000. The same day, I bought another house using the profit as a down payment. I was single until April 2006. Mine was the only name on the title to the house that was sold. But my partner (now wife) and I had been splitting the mortgage payments for more than 24 months. It was our primary residence for more than two years before the sale. Can we file jointly and receive $500,000 capital gains tax deduction? --Tim C.

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