The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 provided a new exclusion for gain from the sale of a principal residence. This exclusion can be used only once every two years. The principal residence must have been lived in as such for two of the five immediately preceding years. Gain in excess of the exclusion is taxable, usually as long-term capital gain.
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