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Capital Gains Depreciation

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Depreciation from Apartment Purchase Value

The Tel Aviv Administrative Court recently ruled that the Israel Tax Authority (ITA) acted unlawfully and without authority when it deducted depreciation from the value of apartment purchases. This ruling applies to instances...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Real Estate’s Role In Building Generational Wealth

The most basic real estate investment is a home; for many people, their home is their largest single asset. Since real estate historically has increased in value over time, buying a home can be a way to grow wealth while also...more

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Asset Sale or Share Sale? Key Considerations About the Legal and Employment Implications

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When it comes to selling a business, there are two primary methods: an asset sale and a share sale. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is important to understand the key legal differences between the...more

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Biden’s FY2023 Budget: Key Real Estate & Corporate Tax Proposals

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On March 28, 2022, President Biden released his FY2023 budget (the “FY2023 Budget”), and the U.S. Treasury released the so-called “Green Book,” which provides details related to the revenue provisions in the FY2023 Budget....more

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Biden’s Proposed Income Tax Increases And The Sale Of The Baby Boomer Business

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“Yeah, I’m the Tax Man” Last week, several media outlets reported that Mr. Biden will soon propose that Congress increase the federal income tax rate applicable to long-term capital gains recognized by individual...more

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Re-Evaluating Real Estate Dispositions Under the Biden Tax Plan

How Real Estate Investment is Like Buying Violins - Real estate investors also frequently gradually increase in size and price of their assets. A real estate investor might start small with a single duplex. When they sell...more

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IRS Proposes New Like-Kind Exchange Regulations

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The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) limited like-kind exchanges occurring after 2017 to “real property held for productive use in a trade or business or investment if such real property is exchanged for real property of a...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

The Good, the Bad, and the Yet to be Defined

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) provided the most comprehensive update to the tax code in over two decades. Of the many changes the TCJA provided, Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the IRC are of the most heavily discussed...more

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Repeal of the Personal Property Like-kind Exchange (… or, the Swap of §1031 for Increased Bonus Depreciation and Expensing)

One of the lessor discussed items in the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) has been the change to Section 1031, limiting the like-kind exchange provisions to exchanges of real property only. Section 1031 of...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Changes Considerations in Section 1031 Exchanges

In a “Sizing Up in Violins and Investment Real Estate,” another post in the Orchestrating Real Estate series, I discussed how buying increasingly larger (and more expensive) violins compares to real estate investments. I...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Summary of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more

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Congress Releases Revised Conference Bill on Tax Reform - A Look at How It Compares with Earlier House and Senate Bills

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Congress released the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" on late Friday evening, Dec. 15, 2017. This version of the bill is the result of a conference committee process to marry the different bills previously passed by the U.S. House of...more

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A Comparison of the House and Senate Tax Bills

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It has been a busy week in Washington, D.C., as Congress works its way through tax reform. The House Ways and Means Committee completed its "markup" of the House bill this week, paving the way for a floor vote on the measure...more

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Protecting Tax Deferral for A Contribution to A Partnership

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When a taxpayer (“Taxpayer”) sells a property (“Property”) with a fair market value (“FMV”) in excess of Taxpayer’s basis in Property in exchange for cash in an arm’s-length transaction, the amount of gain that he realizes on...more

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A Comparison of Trump and House GOP Tax Reform Proposals

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With Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and the White House starting in 2017, the federal government is now better positioned to move forward on comprehensive tax reform, with...more

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