1031 Exchange Explained
1031 Exchange Explained
Irs 1031 Tax Code allows a
property owner of investment
rental property to exchange
rental property and defer paying federal and state capital gain taxes (20%+ applicable state taxes) in the event that they purchase a like-kind rental property. A tax-deferred exchange is a method by which a
property owner trades one or more relinquished
rental properties for one or more replacement
rental properties of like-kind, while deferring the payment of federal income taxes and some state taxes on the transaction. The theory behind IRS 1031 tax code is that when a
property owner has reinvested the sale proceeds into another rental property, the economic gain has not been realized in a way that generates funds to pay any tax. In other words, the taxpayer’s investment is still the same, only the form has changed (e. g. vacant land exchanged for apartment building). Therefore, it would be unfair to force the taxpayer to pay tax on a paper gain.
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