Taxes are what you pay to the federal, state and local governments where you live. Different types of taxes include income taxes, capital gains tax, sales tax, estate tax and real estate taxes such as property tax. Learn how to bequest property and do transactions in a way that will help you pay less taxes and follow the law.
1031 Exchange: Qualified Intermediary
When you do a 1031 exchange you don't want to receive or touch the money involved. That's why you hire a 1031 qualified intermediary who manages a restricted account where your money's trapped. If you don't use a qualified intermediary and touch the 1031 exchange money, you lose your chance to claim a 1031 exchange on your taxes. Learn more about a 1031 exchange qualified intermediary and why they're important.
1031 Exchange: Like Kind Property
When you do a 1031 exchange to defer taxes you have to choose replacement property that's similar or "like kind." The "like kind" property may not only be real estate but also timber, air, oil or gas rights. The tax payer must exchange like for like however. Learn more about "like kind" property and its role in a 1031 exchange.
Quit Claim Deed Transfers Real Estate Back Taxes?
A father transferred his home to his children using a quit claim deed, but he stopped paying the taxes. Now his children have been notified they're behind on real estate taxes and could lose the property. One child wants to sign a quit claim deed to transfer ownership back to the father. If they do sign the quit claim deed, will this shift responsibility for the real estate taxes?
1031 Exchange & Capital Gains Tax
When you do a 1031 tax exchange it can save you capital gains tax and recapture depreciation tax. Taxes without a 1031 exchange can range 15 to 25 percent. They will be higher the more valuable your investment property or if you've claimed depreciation on the asset you're exchanging. Learn how to save money with a 1031 exchange.
1031 Tax Exchange Fees
When you hire a 1031 tax exchange company to help you exchange investment property you will pay some fees. 1031 exchange fees vary depending on the timing of the 1031 exchange. Fees will be higher for a 1031 exchange where the investor has acquired the new property before selling the old one. 1031 exchange companies factor risk into their fees.
Estate Planning May Include Quit Claim Deed Reversal
When you sign a quit claim deed to give a property to your children, your children will have the original cost basis of the property. The original cost basis may result in your children having to pay higher taxes when they go to sell the property. If your children want to sell your home and give you the proceeds to support yourself they'll first have to pay taxes due on the sale. Learn how the taxes on such a home sale would be calculated and whether the sale affects Medicaid benefits. Timely estate planning can help you avoid these kinds of dilemmas.
1031 Exchange: Death And Taxes
A 1031 exchange may be an interest-free loan from the government. A 1031 exchange can be useful when someone inherits a property after the owner's death. A 1031 exchange can help you take advantage of a step up in tax basis.
1031 Exchange – Why Use One?
A 1031 exchange can be used for investment property other than real estate. Learn why to use a 1031 tax exchange from NES Exchange expert Julianna A. Clementi-Ryan. She talks about how a 1031 exchange can keep you from paying taxes on the profit you make from selling your investment.
Tax Attorney Versus IRS Negotiator
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Inheritance Real Estate Tax And Title
A homeowner received a home as part of an inheritance and wants to know how to put the home's title in his name. He also wants to declare the inherited home his principal residence and wonders how to do this when he owns another home in another state. How can the homeowner handle real estate tax and title with the inherited home?