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Did Healthcare Reform impose a 3.8% TRANSFER/SALES TAX on Real Estate???
NOPE! 
It's all just a nasty rumor.  So, let's get the facts straight!  Check out this Snopes link: http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/realestate.asp
I think Snopes put it best "Health care legistlation imposes a 3.8% transaction tax on profits over the capital gains threshold".
 
Basically, here it is...If your Adjusted Gross Income is over $200,000 as a single person or $250,000 as a married couple you may be subject to this 3.8% Medicare Tax when you sell your home IF you realize a GAIN of more than $250,000 as a single person and $500,000 as a married couple.  There is already an exclusion on the Capital Gains up to the $250,000/$500,000 so the tax would apply to the amount after that.  If your adjusted gross income is less than $200,000/$250,000 but the capital gain of your property over the exemption pushes you over the Adjusted Gross Income amounts, then you would pay. 
Check out this excerpt from the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors' Official Newsletter:

So, from what I understand, and I am NOT an accountant, if you are a single person and you make $100,000 a year and you sell your principal residence with a gain of $375,000, then you will get ... more

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