Money, tax and paying for care
What care costs on the Cape, what Medicare and MassHealth do and do not pay for, taxes on a house sale, and the property-tax relief many older owners never claim.
Printable guides on this subject
- Property tax relief for homeowners and renters 65+
- Medicare Open Enrollment
- What care costs on Cape Cod
In preparation
These questions are being written. Because they involve law, tax, benefits or care, each will be published only after a Massachusetts professional in that field has reviewed it. Are you one? Review a draft.
- Does Massachusetts tax a nonresident's Cape house at death? · needs review by: CPA or attorney
- The estate tax lien on a Cape house, and clearing it before closing · needs review by: CPA or attorney
- The 4% Massachusetts surtax and a one-time Cape house sale · needs review by: CPA or attorney
- Stepped-up basis: sell now, or leave it to the children? · needs review by: CPA or attorney
- Does the nursing home take the house? MassHealth and the primary residence · needs review by: elder law attorney
- Capital gains when a long-held Cape house sells · needs review by: CPA or attorney