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Changes to the Home Sale Gain Exclusion Many taxpayers bought a second home, such as a vacation home, with the intention of later converting the second home into their principal residence. Under pre-2008 Housing Act law, those taxpayers could have excluded up to $250,000 ($500,000 for certain joint filers) upon a later sale of that former vacation home as long as the two-year ownership and use tests for the exclusion were satisfied.   How Earned Income Impacts Your Social Security Benefits If you are a social security beneficiary under full retirement age (currently age 66), an earnings test determines whether your social security retirement benefits will be reduced because you earned more from a job or business than an annual exempt amount.   Required Minimum Distributions Waived for 2009 Taxpayers can be subjected to an onerous excise tax if they take less than the required minimum distribution (RMD) from their retirement plan each year.