How savvy investors use 1031s to defer capital gains and build wealth Robert Wood Tax is an attorney at WoodLLP. He is also the author of more than 30 books and numerous articles. David Kindness is a ...

Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and currently holds a Life, Accident, and Health License in Indiana. He has 8 years experience in finance, from ...

Like-kind real estate exchanges, or 1031 exchanges, have been an integral part of real estate investment for many years, dating back to the Revenue Act of 1921. While these rules have evolved over ...

Due to a 2017 change to I.R.C. section 1031, some taxpayers will now owe tax with respect to exchanged personal property. In their Real Estate Financing Column, Ezra Dyckman and Aaron Gaynor discuss ...

At its core, a 1031 exchange is designed to accomplish one simple goal: to avoid taxes. But owners turn to 1031 exchanges to carry out a variety of business strategies. A retail owner might use an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. During my time working with and for real estate investors, I heard about ...

With a 20-year career working in cost segregation, fixed assets and depreciation laws, I’ve seen quite a bit. My team and I have helped clients large and small navigate tax cuts, tax increases, new ...

This is part two of a two-part series on Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange transactions. The first article provided an overview of the basic rules that govern 1031 exchanges.

If you own investment property – such as a house, condo, apartment building or commercial property that you rent out – you usually have to pay a capital gains tax on the profits when you sell the ...

First, let's cover some of the basic rules that govern 1031 exchanges. A 1031 exchange is a tax-deferred exchange where a taxpayer sells one or more assets held for productive use in a trade or ...

Here’s the good news: The real estate your about-to-retire client owns has increased in value significantly since they bought it. The not-as-good news: If they were to sell that property, they’d ...

The enactment of the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), P.L. 115-97, amended Sec. 1031 to apply only to exchanges of real property. Because of this change, the exchange of personal ...