The Door Count · Massachusetts

What selling your rental nets you

Sale price is not what you keep. Between depreciation recapture, the state surtax and the deed excise, the gap is usually six figures. This works it out line by line, and shows you the math.

Massachusetts only Rates current as of September 2026 An estimate, not tax advice

Your property

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The sale
Sets the deed excise rate per $1,000.
What you paid
Roof, windows, systems. Not repairs or paint.
From your returns. If you never claimed it, the IRS still assumes you did.
Your situation
You would walk away with
$0
out of a $0 sale price

Where the rest goes

Each bar is drawn to scale against the sale price.

Show the math
StepHow it is worked outAmount

Selling is one of three options

The tax bill only lands if you sell. Worth seeing the alternatives beside it.

This is an estimate. It does not know your whole return, your carryforward losses, your passive activity rules or your state credits. Depreciation recapture and the surtax in particular can move on facts this page never asks about. Take the number to a CPA before you make a decision on it. But take it, because most people go into this conversation with no number at all.