How California's section 74.3 exclusion keeps ramps, roll-in showers, and other accessibility work from raising property taxes, the BOE-63 claim, and the seismic retrofit exclusion.
Rented your old Silicon Valley home after moving? You have about three years to sell and keep the $500,000 exclusion. Depreciation recapture, nonqualified use, and…
Prop 19 explained with real San Jose numbers: the parent-child exclusion and $1,044,586 cap, the 55-plus base-year transfer, BOE-19-P and BOE-19-B forms, and deadlines.
How the community property step-up can erase capital gains for a surviving spouse in California, a Los Altos example, and the joint tenancy title trap…
takeawaysIf you've owned your Silicon Valley home for decades, you may be sitting on millions in unrealized capital gain, and understanding the tax implications is…
A layer-by-layer 2026 example for a San Jose couple: federal brackets, the 3.8% NIIT, and California tax on a $1M taxable gain, plus what changes…
Selling a long-held Silicon Valley home during life vs. holding it for the stepped-up basis: a Mountain View example, the real costs of holding, and…
Why deeding a Silicon Valley home to a child during life to use Prop 19 can cost far more in capital gains, with a Sunnyvale…
So let's talk about a tax that most people have never heard of until the year it costs them tens of thousands of dollars. It's…
Updated October 2026 takeawaysProp 19 allows California homeowners 55+ to transfer their Prop 13 property tax base to a replacement home anywhere in the state,…