Question: What is an Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchange? Answer: Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code allows a taxpayer who owns business or investment real estate to “exchange” the real estate the...more
As a result of the severe winter storms, flooding and mud slides that began in California on January 8, 2023, on January 10, 2023, the IRS issued an initial extension of the 45- and 180-day deadlines for IRC §1031 exchange...more
As a result of the severe winter storms, flooding and mud slides that began in California on January 8, 2023, the IRS has issued an extension of the 45- and 180-day deadlines for IRC §1031 exchange transactions. ...more
In April 2021, President Biden announced the “American Families Plan,” which included some significant tax law changes. Among the proposed changes included in the “American Families Plan” was the increase of the tax rate that...more
In December of 2020, the US Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued final regulations (T.D. 9935) (the “Final Regulations”) on like-kind exchanges under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The...more
On November 23, 2020, Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations governing tax-deferred exchanges of like-kind real property under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). These final regulations (T.D. 9935 )...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 12, 2020, the US Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) promulgated proposed treasury regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under section 1031 (“Section 1031”) of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
On June 11, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued proposed regulations that define the term “real property” for purposes of Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)....more
BACKGROUND - On February 21, 2014, then House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Michigan) issued a discussion draft of the “Tax Reform Act of 2014.” The proposed legislation spanned almost 1,000 pages and...more