Dear Liz: I live on Social Security alone, which puts me at the poverty level.
The state pays for medical and dental premiums, so I have no copay for doctor visits or prescriptions. I was just notified that I was left $175,000. If this shows up in my bank account, I will lose all the medical benefits I’m receiving. My medications total $80,000 a year. I’d like to at least have some access to the funds to make some home repairs that I’ve needed for 20 years and to prepay my future funeral expenses.
You won’t be able to exclude the part of the gain that’s equal to any depreciation deduction allowed or taken after May 6, 1997, Luscombe says. If your trust is a revocable living trust, which is designed to avoid probate, your ability to take the home sale exclusion won’t be affected. Other types of revocable trusts may require the home to be taken out of the trust before it’s sold, Luscombe says.
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