Official Summaries

More Homes on the Market Act

This bill increases the amount of gain from the sale of a principal residence that an individual may exclude from gross income (for federal tax purposes).

Under the bill, an individual may exclude from gross income gain from the sale of a principal residence of up to $500,000 (currently $250,000), and taxpayers who are married and file a joint federal income tax return may exclude up to $1 million (currently $500.000). The bill also requires these amounts to be adjusted annually for inflation.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1340 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1340

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion of 
  gain from the sale of a principal residence, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2025

 Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Ms. Malliotakis, 
  Mr. Yakym, Mr. Correa, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Brownley, Ms. 
Salazar, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Issa, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Bacon, Ms. 
   McCollum, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Costa, Ms. 
Barragan, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Lawler, Ms. De La Cruz, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. 
 Ansari, Mr. Liccardo, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Carbajal, and 
 Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion of 
  gain from the sale of a principal residence, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``More Homes on the Market Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE OF EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 121(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$250,000'' and inserting ``$500,000'' 
        each place it appears,
            (2) by striking ``500,000'' and inserting ``$1,000,000'' 
        each place it appears,
            (3) in paragraph (2)(A), in the heading, by striking 
        ``$500,000'' and inserting ``$1,000,000'', and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Adjustment for inflation.--In the case of a taxable 
        year beginning after 2024, the $500,000 and $1,000,000 amounts 
        in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) shall be increased by an amount 
        equal to--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 
                under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which 
                the taxable year begins, determined by substituting 
                `2023' for `2016' in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.
        If any increase under this clause is not a multiple of $100, 
        such increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of 
        $100.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to sales and exchanges after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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