Melissa,age 58,marries Arnold,age 50,on June 1,2016

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Essay

Melissa,age 58,marries Arnold,age 50,on June 1,2016.Melissa decides to sell her principal residence on August 1,2016,which she has owned and occupied for the past 30 years.Arnold has never owned a house.However,while he was married to Kelly who died 6 months prior to his marriage to Melissa,Kelly used the § 121 election on the sale of her residence in January 2014 to reduce her realized gain from $123,000 to $0.Kelly used the sales proceeds to pay off Arnold's gambling debts.Can Melissa elect the § 121 exclusion on the sale of her residence? What is the maximum § 121 exclusion available to Melissa and Arnold if they file a joint return?

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