Inthe summer of 1990, the Internal Revenue Service announced the long awaited rules on Tax Deferred Exchanges. Section 1.1031 of the IRS Code laid out in detail the procedure for turning a sale and purchase type transaction into an Exchange. The revised rules allow owners of certain types of “like kind” real estate to sell … Read more
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
1031, tax, exchange, services,real estate, property,misconceptions The Exchangor has a maximum of 180 days from the closing of the relinquished property or the due date of that year’s tax return, whichever occurs first, to acquire the replacement property. This is called the Acquisition Period. The first 45 days of that period is called the Identification … Read more
Learned Hand earned the distinction as the “tenth Justice of the Supreme Court” by penning opinions that would be quoted by lawyers and laymen alike. In 1934, Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Hand wrote one of his more famous though often misquoted opinions in Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Gregory, 69 F.2d 809 (2d … Read more
Vacation Homes have long been a source of angst among exchangers and their advisors because of the lack of guidance on whether they qualify as an investment property for IRC ยง1031 purposes. In the past, exchangers readily exchanged ‘second homes’ based on the claim that in addition to enjoying the vacation home personally, they also … Read more