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Have you recently sold any of your rental property? Are the taxes on your capital gains are a burden for you? Are you looking for some way out to reduce these taxes and keep most of the profits you made from this transaction?

Then you need to know some intricacies of capital gains tax rules.

If you had purchased rental property at a lower price and now sold it with a respectable margin on it, this difference you could get is the capital gain and the same is taxable.

Remember, IRS gives preference to home owners. An average home owner will be charged leniently as compared to a property investor. So the capital gains tax varies as per different types on property owners.

One good thing about the capital gains tax is that it is lower than the income tax. It is convenient if you buy the property and wait for one year before you sell it. This way you will have to pay taxes at an average rate of 10 to 25 %. But if you plan to sell your rental property before one year, then your earning is considered as short term capital gains and you have to pay heavy taxes on it which may be same as the ordinary income tax.

If you have your rental property overseas, you need to check the capital gains taxes rules over there. As in some countries like United Kingdom to encourage foreign investors, they do not charge any tax from them for their capital gains.

Some useful tips for saving on this tax:

You can avail the benefits on tax savings by becoming a home owner than a property investor.

To qualify to the criteria of home owner, you have to stay in your rental property for a minimum of 2 years. You may have rented it in past