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Understanding Taxes on Real Estate Gains

RogerRossmeisl

Let’s say you own real estate that has been held for more than one year and is sold for a taxable gain. Perhaps this gain comes from indirect ownership of real estate via a pass-through entity such as an LLC, partnership or S corporation.

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How Section 1231 Gains and Losses Affect Business Asset Sales

RogerRossmeisl

Business gain and loss tax basics The federal income tax character of gains and losses from selling business assets can fall into three categories: Capital gains and losses.

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The Ins and Outs of Real Estate Income: Tax Planning for Short-Term Rentals

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Using real estate as a source of income is only becoming more popular with the advent of sites like Airbnb and VRBO that enable homeowners to earn extra cash from property they already own. Taxpayers who are new to leveraging real estate for income may be unfamiliar with the tax loopholes available to them.

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The Tax Break Commercial Real Estate Investors Might Need After COVID-19

Withum

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on commercial real estate values, and in some cases resulted in property no longer being able to support the debt with which it is encumbered. However, the resulting forgiveness of a portion of the debt does not automatically result in federal taxable income. Business Tax Services.

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A Tax-Smart Way to Develop and Sell Appreciated Land

RogerRossmeisl

In this scenario, the tax rules generally treat you as a real estate dealer. That means your entire profit — including the portion from pre-development appreciation in the value of the land — will be treated as high-taxed ordinary income subject to a federal rate of up to 37%. And you may owe state income tax too.

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How the Tax Code Can Help Investors Keep Their Real Estate Wealth Stable During Retirement

CPA Practice

Since individual investors (not corporate entities) own more than 70% of residential rental real estate , you likely have some clients who hold property assets and act as landlords for those properties. With rising interest rates and prices, clients with investment properties may be feeling a pinch in income. By David Wieland.

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New IRS LB&I Pass-Through Unit Hits the Ground Running

CPA Practice

The IRS noted that these groups aren’t subject to the corporate income tax, but instead income is “passed through” onto the income tax returns of the individual or corporate owners and taxed at their income tax rates.