I have a house in Suzhou, which is the only one. I bought it for four years and now I want to sell it. How can we avoid taxes reasonably?

First of all, it needs to be confirmed that the transfer of a family's only house for more than five years is exempt from personal income tax, in which family members include at least husband and wife (including children under 18 in some places), and family members only have this suite in the same province, city and autonomous region (generally subject to the registration information of the Housing Authority). Moreover, the calculation basis of "five years" here is based on the date of issuance of the real estate license or the date of issuance of the deed tax payment certificate, whichever comes first, rather than the date of signing a contract and issuing an invoice with the real estate company or the original seller when purchasing this suite.

If it is confirmed by the above conditions that the distance is only 1 year, and it meets the family's only housing standard, you can sign the transfer agreement and notarize it first, and then pay the money after the transfer formalities are completed.

Generally speaking, the local taxation bureau calculates "five years" from the date when it actually applies to the local taxation bureau for the transfer of second-hand houses and pays taxes and invoices (this is the case here). In that case, it's no problem to go to the local taxation bureau to pay taxes and invoice after five years next year.

However, it is not excluded that some local local tax bureaus use the date of notarial deed as the date of house sale to calculate the "five years" time. Therefore, if it is safer, you need to consult the second-hand housing transaction window of the local tax or call the tax service hotline 12366.