理论上说，tax liability和你转出来不转出来没有任何关系

不过如果卖房款一共不到5万美元，怎么报税都是很少的税

如果你父母过去5年在那个房子里住了两年，那么他们会qualify 50万美元的免税额，不用交任何税

否则按正常报税的话，5万美元减掉买房和装修成本，再减掉他们的standard deduction，税率估计就在12%的bracket了

manny 发表于 2022-12-06 22:08

这个50万美元的免税额是什么?

顺带问下, 如果房子是继承, 税额是多少? 如果继承后再卖掉, 税额又是多少? 有长期跟短期的不同吗, 怎么算?

50万指的是primary residence exclusion

继承我不熟悉，继承后卖掉的话应该是卖出价和继承价（需要做appraisal）的差额交capital gain，持有超过一年算long term

manny 发表于 2022-12-07 12:52

谢谢答复, 我记得美国继承税额的天花板蛮高的, 普通房子完全达不到. 如果继承后马上卖掉, 卖出价基本就是继承价, 就算short term也完全不用交税啊?

刚搜了一下, 这个federal estate tax就是遗产税, 对吗? 超出$12.06million才需要交税(个人), married couple加倍

https://smartasset.com/taxes/all-about-the-estate-tax

仔细看了看, 好象不是, 见这一段:

Estate Taxes vs. Inheritance Taxes

Estate taxes are taxes on the privilege of transferring property to your heirs. It’s the estate of the deceased that is liable for the tax.

An inheritance tax, by contrast, is a tax on the privilege of receiving property from a deceased benefactor. The (living) heir pays an inheritance tax, not the estate of the deceased. There is a federal estate tax and, in some states, a state estate tax. Inheritance taxes, though, are not levied at the federal level. Only six states have inheritance taxes: Nebraska, Iowa, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey. Maryland is the only state in the country that levies both an estate tax and an inheritance tax.

Spouses are exempt from paying the inheritance tax in all six of these states, and some states extend that exemption, at least partially, to all immediate relatives.

按他这么说, 美国没有联邦遗产继承税!