In December it issued temporary rules covering when you can get a partial exclusion if you haven't lived in your home two years and final rules on other issues.

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Only after you use up the entire exclusion amount do you actually have to start paying anything.

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Rita McNamara, what marks would you give the social exclusion unit out of ten, so far?

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You can claim the exclusion as often as every two years.

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Still way off the social exclusion units target, but the picture you are painting is actually quite a positive one?

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When you sell, that part of the house is ineligible for the homeowner exclusion.

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That impression grows when you take a closer look at the three areas identified by the social-exclusion unit.

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The simplest way to use the annual exclusion is to give cash or other assets each year to each of as many individuals as you want.

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But once you give away the last share, you'll have to pay rent (unless your kids let you stay rent-free and the value of this is less than the gift-tax exclusion).

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