No. 1. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s proposed tax plan would eliminate the Section 1031 exchange privilege.
No. 2. The IRS recently issued new regulations that define what constitutes real property to determine eligibility for Section 1031 like-kind exchanges. But those regulations won’t do you any good if your ability to make a Section 1031 exchange is eliminated, and you fail to get your exchange done before that happens. So, you might have to move fast to take advantage of the Section 1031 exchange break before a Biden tax plan could potentially take it away.
Do you own a business or investment property that has gone up in value?
Would you like to acquire a new property?
If you sell the old property, you'll have to pay tax on your profits. Don't do that. Instead, do a tax-deferred Section 1031 transaction.
With a properly constructed Section 1031 transaction, you:
1-Sell your old property,
2-Buy the replacement property, and
3-Pay no taxes.
Your first step is to engage a Section 1031 intermediary.
Second, you need to buy a replacement property of equal or greater value than the property you sell.
You may have noted that I left out the word "exchange" when introducing Section 1031. I did that on purpose because to exchange means to trade. In the Section 1031 exchanges I'm familiar with; it's never a swap of properties. Instead, it's a sale and purchase using the Section 1031 rules to defer the taxes.
The Section 1031 exchange rules are complex and include strict deadlines for identifying and acquiring the property involved. To do this right, you need a qualified intermediary, which can be a bank, a lawyer, or a Section 1031 company.
In the past, Section 1031 allowed both personal property and real property exchanges. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated personal property exchanges, such as trading in your vehicle for a replacement.
But real property exchanges remain. They are accurate tax-saving machines. And the new I.R.S. regulations make it clear that a Section 1031 transaction does not get in the way of cost segregation—a method used to speed up depreciation on real property.
Your time is limited and making the decision sooner may save you hundreds of thousands.
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