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For spouses: Assets in JTWROS accounts may get a step-up on cost basis when either spouse passes away. This can help reduce capital gains taxes when selling a property, but you can only step-up half of the full value of the asset. This 50% step-up represents the portion owned by the joint owner who died.
Joint Tenancy Has Some Disadvantages They include: Control Issues. Since every owner has a co-equal share of the asset, any decision must be mutual. You might not be able to sell or mortgage a home if your co-owner does not agree.
Joint accounts are often referred to as a ?poor man's Will? because they allow an individual to give assets to another upon death without going through the probate process. Some people have the perception from hearing horror stories that probate will consume the entire estate.
For example, if two people, Mark and Amanda, own a property together and Mark dies, then Amanda will become to sole owner of the property even if this is not detailed in the will because the two of them purchased the property together.
Some people refer to joint accounts as a ?poor man's will? because these accounts have the ability to pass outside of the probate process. A person who owns property as joint tenants with another who would have passed the property to the same joint tenant can do so without the need for a will.