Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the one-time exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence by an individual aged 55 or over in transactions in which the seller retains a life tenancy in the property. Revises the rules for depreciation to: (1) allow the purchaser/lessor to take depreciation on the value of the property purchased although the seller retains a life estate; and (2) allow the depreciation deduction to be apportioned as provided in the trust instrument, on the basis of trust income in the case of a trust, or among the estate and the heirs, legatees, and devisees in the case of an estate.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-718.
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