IRS says: No Capital Gains Tax for You if you sell your section 8 rentals!
There is a catch of course, but that is normal when dealing with the IRS. However if you have a long time Sec 8 rental, and you wouldn't mind to sell at ZERO Cap Rate this is your lucky day!!
Read the details on this directly from the quote below from the IRS publications:
Low-income housing. Low-income housing includes all the following types of residential rental property.
- Federally assisted housing projects if the mortgage is insured under section 221(d)(3) or 236 of the National Housing Act or housing financed or assisted by direct loan or tax abatement under similar provisions of state or local laws.
- Low-income rental housing for which a depreciation deduction for rehabilitation expenses was allowed.
- Low-income rental housing held for occupancy by families or individuals eligible to receive subsidies under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, or under provisions of state or local laws that authorize similar subsidies for low-income families.
- Housing financed or assisted by direct loan or insured under Title V of the Housing Act of 1949.
The applicable percentage for low-income housing is 100% minus 1% for each full month the property was held over 100 full months. If you have held low-income housing at least 16 years and 8 months, the percentage is zero and no ordinary income will result from its disposition