A Taxpayer Whose Principal Residence Is Destroyed in a Fire

question 44

True/False

A taxpayer whose principal residence is destroyed in a fire can use both the § 121 (sale of residence gain exclusion) and the § 1033 (involuntary conversion postponement of gain) provisions.

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