A. More to Invest.

Federal income taxes are deferred, the exchanger has greater leverage than if the tax liability was paid. The additional equity available for the reinvestment can also assist the exchanger in obtaining more financing, if needed.

B. Greater Earning Potential.

Since more of the capital is reinvested than would be the case if taxes were paid, there is potential for greater earnings for the investor.

C. Compounding Effect.

Exchange after exchange can be done creating a positive compounding effect of reinvesting the additional deferred taxes on each subsequent exchange. The deferred tax liability can ultimately be forgiven upon death of the investor, giving heirs a stepped up basis on inherited property.

D. Pricing Flexibility.

The investor can experience greater pricing flexibility because the sale price of the relinquished property will not need to be inflated to cover capital gains taxes. This enables the seller to have increased flexibility with the selling price.

A like-kind exchange, also known as a 1031 exchange is a technique for deferring the gain on the sale of property by re-investing the proceeds in like-kind property.

The primary benefit for owners disposing of business or investment held property is the opportunity to defer the payment of Capital Gains Tax.

In 1921 the first exchange laws were enacted. Changes have been made, but it wasn't until 1991 when the Regulations were made available that this concept of dispositions has become very popular. The theory is that if one does not cash out of an investment, the economic gain has not been realized in a way that produces the cash to pay the tax.

You can come out of one relinquished property and acquire any number of 1031 replacement properties. As long as the value that you sell is at least the value you purchase, there will not be a taxable event.

It is adding money to an exchange and acquiring an even more expensive piece of property than you sold. Or, you can increase your debt, but you must use all of the proceeds from the relinquished property as well.

Yes, but the cash will be subject to taxation. This is called a partial exchange.

Yes, but he must be an Investor and not a partner.

You surrender your relinquished property at one time and acquire the new 1031 replacement property, no later than 180 days from the closing of the relinquished property, or the due date for the tax return for the year of the sale, whichever is earlier.

You will have 45 days from the day you close your relinquished property (escrow) to identify the candidate(s) you wish to acquire, this is known as the Identification Period. You will then have an additional 135 days in which to close your replacement property purchase. You cannot exceed the maximum 180-day period for the exchange to take place. This is known as the Exchange Period. The IRS has absolutely no forgiveness for missed time deadlines for any reason.

Only when you finally sell the property you exchanged into, without doing another exchange. You can continue to roll over sold properties into new properties without any tax obligation.

Not with deferred tax dollars.

Yes, but you must take title within 180 days.

If you hold the exchanged property until death, your heirs receive a stepped up basis to fair market value, and the capital gain is never taxed. Which means the income taxes that were deferred by you now become permanently tax-free to your heirs.

Yes, however, his portion will be subjected to the tax on any profit/gain. Partnership interests cannot be used as exchanges.

Yes, anywhere in the U.S.A.

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any other commercial, industrial, business, or investment-held property. The only provision where 1031 exchanges don't qualify is when you are a dealer in real estate. This simply means that if a person or corporation acquires property with the intent of a fast re-sale, then the transaction won't qualify. The IRS has limited exchanges to those properties held for productive use in a trade or business or for investment, and necessarily excludes those held primarily for sale.

The seller must dispose of either business- or investment-held property. The seller must acquire other business- or investment-held property of equal or greater value than the value (sale price) and existing debt of the property being sold, and all of the equity from the property being sold must go into acquiring the replacement property.

Yes, as long as the value of the properties are equal.

The government perceives it as a continuity of investment.

Yes, you acquire with part of the funds, and you pay taxes on the balance of the funds.

Yes, the benefit is that the proceeds from financing or re-financing are tax-free.

Yes, the mortgage payment received is considered an installment sale and is subject to taxation as deemed received. The balance of the taxpayer's equity can be used as a deferred exchange.

Yes, leasehold interest may be either relinquished property or replacement property in an exchange as long as there are 30 or more years remaining on the lease.

If a taxpayer executing an exchange does not acquire a replacement property and the exchange period straddles two tax years, the transaction becomes an installment sale and is taxable in the subsequent year.

Yes, 1031's pertain to personal properties too. Some examples would common: equipment, furniture, aircraft, vehicles, vessels, livestock, and coins.