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by klyrs 1835 days ago
As I understand the proposal, you wouldn't owe the tax on $100k immediately -- that would only happen when you use the house as collateral for a reverse mortgage or similar. This makes sense to me, because the capital gains are effectively realized when used as leverage.
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Parent was arguing to not delay capital gains at all, as was the article. I'm pointing out how that idea is bad.