The IRS recently released long awaited guidance on Sec. 1031 (like-kind exchanges) and defines what property qualifies for the deferred tax treatment. With the enactment of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), rules provide that no gain or loss is recognized on the sale or exchange of “real property” held in a trade or business or for investment. Prior to the TCJA, “personal property” (like automobiles, machinery or equipment) applied for the deferral. This change means a real estate investor recognizes gain to the extent of money and personal property ineligible for the tax deferral.
Deadline to Defer 2018 Gains in Opportunity Zone Investment is June 28
Within the Real Estate world, by now we know that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted a new opportunity to incentivize real estate investment and development in low-income communities across the country through Qualified Opportunity Zones (“QO Zones”). These designated low-income housing income tracts in the United States (and Puerto Rico) allow investors who previously recognized a taxable gain to defer it by investing the gain proceeds into a Qualified Opportunity Fund (“QO Fund”).
Post-Tax Reform Update: Real Estate Income Tax
The sweeping tax reform brought on by The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is now in effect, but many Real Estate owners and investors remain in the dark on how these changes will impact their businesses. With that, Sax’s Real Estate advisors will hold an educational webinar on March 19 to run through the major changes facing the Real Estate industry overall now that tax reform has been implemented, and proposed guidance has been released.