| Most of the people want to use tax deferred
methods in order to avoid paying taxes, 1031 Exchange is
thus one of the most talked about and popular ways by which
exchange of real estate and property is possible without
paying taxes. The 1031 Exchange is based on simple rule that
any exchange to be done should be qualified as to be
exchanged in the law. For any person looking for an
exchange of property then the Relinquished Property must be
qualifying property to be qualified for this. The property
that can be Qualified include property (or equipment) held
for investment purposes or used in a taxpayer's trade or
business. It doesn’t involve any personal property or any
property (or equipment) including Land under development for
resale, Construction or fix/flips for resale, Property
purchased for resale, Inventory property, Corporation common
stock, Bonds, Notes and Partnership interests and hence
deals with a very selective property qualifying as the 1031
Exchange.
When the Exchange 1031 talks about the Investment
property it includes all sorts of real estate, improved or
unimproved that have been held for the investment or income
producing purposes as part of the business or any side
income. Similarly when we talk about the trade and business
property then it includes al the offices or place of doing
business, as well as equipment used in his trade or
business. But all these real estate and property have to be
replaced with like-kind real estate. Equipment must be
replaced with like-kind equipment.
Because of all these restrictions and rules, 1031
Exchange has a lot of value for anyone who is looking for
deferral strategies to avoid paying tax against the exchange
of property and other stuff. Most of the people worry about
paying income taxes when they sell or buy a property but
with the helps of 1031 tax exchange they never have to pay
income taxes on the sale of property if they intend to
reinvest the proceeds in similar or like-kind property.
The exchange 1031 also involves much more rules when we
talk about the real estate in general, e.g. the ownership
title remains unchanged even after the exchange, i.e., if
two persons are owning the property or real estate jointly
then the exchanged property will be the ownership of both
not held singly. Similarly it goes with the organizations
and corporate as the ownership will remain with the same
name as the property/real estate has been changed.
If there is any monetary gain or the Boot in the exchange
then that Boot is taxable. Most of the time, people use the
boot in order to pay the debt, their taxes and much more
stuff like that. But keeping in view the terms & conditions,
the boot can be avoided completely and the transaction can
be done completely tax-free. Most of the lawyers and people
dealing with the
Exchange 1031 tell a basic rule of thumb
regarding boot and that is when you sell your property, the
replacement property must equal or be greater than the value
and existing debt of the property being sold, and all of
your equity from the property you are selling must go into
acquiring the replacement property. They advice never to
"trade down" as it results in boot received, either cash,
debt reduction or both.
By Ray Walker
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