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Originally Posted by 4444

like kr4l
i do not know the specifics of that tax law, but have a rough knowledge that there's a limit to how many homes in a certain time period you can claim as a principal residence.

heeey something I can chime in on... I think :P

"Only one property can be designated a principal residence in any given year"

ITA 40(2)(b) for the capital gain reduction formula

Income Tax Act

quoted here

Spoiler!

(b) where the taxpayer is an individual, the taxpayer’s gain for a taxation year from the disposition of a property that was the taxpayer’s principal residence at any time after the date (in this section referred to as the “acquisition date”) that is the later of December 31, 1971 and the day on which the taxpayer last acquired or reacquired it, as the case may be, is the amount determined by the formula


A - (A × B/C) - D

where

A
is the amount that would, if this Act were read without reference to this paragraph and subsections 110.6(19) and 110.6(21), be the taxpayer’s gain therefrom for the year,
B
is one plus the number of taxation years that end after the acquisition date for which the property was the taxpayer’s principal residence and during which the taxpayer was resident in Canada,
C
is the number of taxation years that end after the acquisition date during which the taxpayer owned the property whether jointly with another person or otherwise, and
D
is
(i) if the acquisition date is before February 23, 1994 and the taxpayer or the taxpayer’s spouse or common-law partner elected under subsection 110.6(19) in respect of the property or an interest, or for civil law a right, therein that was owned, immediately before the disposition, by the taxpayer, 4/3 of the lesser of

(A) the total of all amounts each of which is the taxable capital gain of the taxpayer or of their spouse or common-law partner that would have resulted from an election by the taxpayer or spouse or common-law partner under subsection 110.6(19) in respect of the property or the interest or right if

(I) this Act were read without reference to subsection 110.6(20), and


(II) the amount designated in the election were equal to the amount, if any, by which the fair market value of the property or the interest or right at the end of February 22, 1994 exceeds the amount determined by the formula


E – 1.1F

where

E
is the amount designated in the election that was made in respect of the property or the interest or right, and
F
is the fair market value of the property or the interest or right at the end of February 22, 1994, and


(B) the total of all amounts each of which is the taxable capital gain of the taxpayer or of their spouse or common-law partner that would have resulted from an election that was made under subsection 110.6(19) in respect of the property or the interest or right if the property were the principal residence of neither the taxpayer nor the spouse or common-law partner for each particular taxation year unless the property was designated, in a return of income for the taxation year that includes February 22, 1994 or for a preceding taxation year, to be the principal residence of either of them for the particular taxation year, and



(ii) in any other case, zero;