Capital Gains Guide

Work through capital gains, depreciation recapture, and exclusion rules before deciding whether an exchange makes sense.

Understand the tax math

How Missouri real estate investors actually lower a capital gains bill, from cost basis and holding period to installment sales and 1031 deferral.

Depreciation recapture explained for Missouri property owners: how it is calculated, how it differs from capital gains, and how deferral affects it.

What a Missouri landlord actually owes when a rental sells, including recapture, net investment income tax, and how a 1031 exchange changes the math.

How the Section 121 exclusion works for Missouri homeowners, who qualifies, and where it stops covering the gain on a home sale.

How capital gains tax works when a Missouri homeowner sells a house, what the home sale exclusion covers, and where it stops applying.

A plain breakdown of how capital gains tax on investment property works in Missouri, what changes the number, and where deferral fits.

How the stepped-up basis rule changes capital gains tax on inherited Missouri real estate, and what heirs should know before selling.

Why a second home or lake house in Missouri does not get the same tax break as a primary residence, and what options exist for the gain.

Ready to organize the exchange?

Bring the property, dates, and open questions. We will help turn them into a clear exchange plan.