Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia
What are the tax implications of a Deed of Gift. My ex is purchasing our jointly owned home and the settlement company has forwarded a Deed of Gift for my signature. I was anticipating a mortgage re write.
1 Answer from Attorneys
If your husband is purchasing your share of the property by means
of what might be termed good and valuable consideration, i.e., something approaching fair market value, then you may or may not have a capital
gains tax liability which may have to be reported to the IRS (whether you convey
by Deed of Gift or not).
And, yes, it would seem that you would want a "mortgage re write" as part of this transaction in order to remove you from having continued liability for the mortgage loan on this property.