Trading Up Using the 1031 Exchange

In spite of decreasing real estate values across the nation, real estate investors continue to come up with innovative ways to make their investment turn out profitably.  A powerful method for building real estate holdings is the use of 1031 Exchanges, which lets investors defer capital-gains assessment on investment property by reinvesting sale proceeds into … Read more

1031 Exchanges: How to Avoid Capital Gains on the Sale of an Investment Property

Do you have an investment property that you would like to sell, but defer the capital gains taxes? If so, then you need to consider a 1031 exchange: A 1031 exchange, otherwise known as a “tax deferred exchange” is a strategy and method for selling one investment property and then proceeding with an acquisition … Read more

Avoid Paying Capital Gains Tax with Exchange 1031

As a common cliché would have put it, taxes are inevitable.  However, we break tradition in this article as we discuss a method to avoid paying taxes. Exchange 1031 is a provision that allows the homeowner to keep the entire proceeds for the sale of a real estate property by exemption of payment of capital … Read more

Explaining Deferred 1031 Tax Exchanges

A tax deferred exchange represents a simple, strategic method for selling one qualifying property and the subsequent acquisition of another qualifying property within a specific time frame. Although the logistics of selling one property and buying another are virtually identical to any standard sale and purchase scenario, an exchange is different because the entire transaction … Read more

Audit of Payroll Taxes

Payroll Tax Audits Knowing how to handle a payroll tax audit is a bit different than regular 1040 income tax audits. These audits involve federal withholding, social security, and medicare tax all withheld from employees’ paychecks. This is reported on IRS form 941. It involves the federal unemployment tax reported on federal IRS form 940. … Read more