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When you inherit property, the IRS applies what is known as a stepped-up basis to that asset. Here's how capital gains are taxed on inherited property.
Section 2032 provides an alternate method of determining the property's new basis. If the property is not disposed of within six months of the decedent's death, the executor may elect to use the property's fair market value six months after the date of death but only if such an election results in a decrease in the value of the gross estate. [2]
But there’s a major caveat for inherited property. When you inherit a property, your cost basis is “stepped-up” to the property’s fair market value at the time you inherit it. Generally ...
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Under the stepped-up basis rule, [8] for an individual who inherits a capital asset, the cost basis is "stepped up" to its fair market value of the property at the time of the inheritance. When eventually sold, the capital gain or loss is only the difference in value from this stepped-up basis.
The California Association of Realtors previously sponsored and financed an initiative measure known as 2018 California Proposition 5 on the November 2018 ballot that would have further expanded Proposition 13 property tax breaks for certain homeowners (primarily homeowners over age 55) by allowing them to transfer their lower property tax base ...
“When a person inherits property, they receive a ‘stepped-up’ basis, meaning the property’s tax basis is adjusted to its fair market value at the time of the previous owner’s death ...
The same rule applies for calculating a loss, unless the donor's adjusted basis is greater than the fair market value of the property at the time of the gift. [4] In this case, the loss does not carry over and the basis is the fair market value of the property at the time of the gift. [5]