Fraud and cybercrime, particularly involving bank wire transfers for real estate transactions, continue to increase at an alarming rate. The Tax Code requires that a Qualified Intermediary (QI) hold your funds during the 1031 Exchange. Surprisingly, there are no...
10-31 Day haunts. Is your 1031 Exchange in safe hands? Watch if you dare. No tricks here. Cybercriminals are attacking 1031. Click to see what you can do to keep your 1031 funds...
With its share of tricks and treats, we’re not sure which is more daunting – the Internal Revenue Code or Halloween? During this time of year, a treat worth mentioning is that the Tax Code has provided taxpayers who are attempting a fourth quarter 1031 Exchange with a...
The Opportunity Zones that were created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act have generated a fair amount of buzz in the legal, accounting and real estate communities and have raised questions on application to 1031. An Opportunity Zone (OZ) is an economically distressed...
1031 Due Diligence – Questions to ask a QI Section 1031 of the Tax Code requires that a 1031 Exchange intermediary hold the net sale proceeds from your sale until you purchase your new property. What you might not know is that during the last recession, real...
Basis Limit in Passthrough Law Shouldn’t Hinder Like-Kind Exchanges by Eric Yauch, Tax Notes, July 23, 2018, p. 560. Regulators shouldn’t interpret a passthrough deduction provision to create a double burden on taxpayers that engage in like-kind exchanges, such as...
