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The House Was Only Ever in His Name. When He Died at 79, It Was Hers by His Will, and 40 Years of Gain Reset to Zero the Same Day, All of It, Not the Half Her Neighbor Got

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If your home is titled in only one spouse’s name, it falls under a different tax rule than your neighbor’s jointly owned house. When the titled spouse dies and leaves the home to the survivor by will, the survivor gets a step-up in basis on the whole house, so every dollar

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