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1. TAXATION OF REAL ESTATE
Roger Royse
Royse Law Firm, PC
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Palo Alto, CA 94303
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IRS Circular 230 Disclosure: To ensure compliance with the requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any tax advice contained in this communication,
including any attachment to this communication, is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by any taxpayer for the purpose of (1) avoiding penalties
under the Internal Revenue Code or (2) promoting, marketing or recommending to any other person any transaction or matter addressed herein.
3. SALES AND EXCHANGES
• Gain = Amount Realized - Adjusted Basis
- A/R = cash and FMV property received and liability relieved
- A/B = acquisition costs +/- adjustments
- Realization/Recognition
• Character: Capital or Ordinary
- Capital assets and section 1231 assets
- Inventory
- Section 1237 safe harbor
- Depreciation Recapture
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4. NON-RECOGNITION
• Like Kind Exchanges (1031 Transactions)
- Trading Up and the effect of boot
- Like kind property held for productive use in a trade or business
- Related parties
- Deferred Exchanges
• Involuntary Conversions (1033)
- Destruction, theft, seizure, condemnation
- Qualifying replacement purchase during replacement period
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6. DEDUCTIONS AND CREDITS
• Depreciation
- Trade or business and for-profit activity
- ACRS/MACRS
- Cost Segregation Study
- ATRA 2012 extension of 15 Yr Depreciation
- 50% Bonus Depreciation
- Section 179 expense of up to $250,000 of Qualified Real Property
• Credits
- Investment Credit (Rehabilitation and Reforestation)
- Low Income Housing
- Disabled Access Credit
- New Markets Credit
- Empowerment Zones Credit
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7. PASSIVE ACTIVITY AND AT RISK
LIMITATIONS
• At Risk
- Deductible losses limited to amounts “at risk”
- Taxpayer’s share of qualified nonrecourse financing
• Passive activity losses limited to passive activity income
- Individuals, estates, trusts, closely held C corps, and personal holding companies
- Passive activity is trade or business in which taxpayer does not materially participate
- Material participation = regular, continuous and substantial participation
- Rental is passive unless real property business exception applies
- Rental Real Estate Active Participation
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9. FINANCING
• Mortgage financing
- Mortgage acquisition costs
- Points
• Option transactions
• Synthetic Leases
• Sale Leaseback
- Sale vs. financing device
- Tax exempt organizations
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10. DISTRESSED PROPERTY
• COD Income
• Recourse and Non-Recourse Debt
• Qualified real property business indebtedness
• Other Exceptions and Exclusions to COD
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11. FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
• Withholding Taxes on Rents
• Effectively Connected Income
• FIRPTA
- Federal and State Tax Withholding on Dispositions of
USRPI by Foreigners
- US Real Property Holding Corporations
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12. INFORMATION REPORTING
• Real Estate Broker Reporting
• FIRPTA Reporting
• Mortgage Interest Reporting
• Recipients of Real Estate Rental Income (repealed)
• FBAR/FATCA
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13. SYNDICATED TIC INVESTMENT
Taxpayer Taxpayer Taxpayer Taxpayer
100% 100% 100% 100%
Single Single Single Single
Member Member Member Member
LLC LLC LLC LLC
TIC
Interests
Replacement Property
Co-Ownership or TIC Agreement
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15. AMERICAN TAXPAYER RELIEF ACT OF 2012
• For individuals with taxable income over the $400,000 single/$450,000
joint:
- top marginal tax rate of 39.6%
- top marginal tax rate on long-term capital gains of 20%
- top marginal tax rate on dividends of 20%
• Phase-out of tax deductions and credits for incomes over $250,000 for
individuals and $300,000 for couples
• Estate and gift taxes at 40% of the value transferred in excess of
$5,250,000, indexed for inflation
• Alternative Minimum Tax indexed to inflation
• Two-year old cut to payroll taxes not extended - rate is 6.2%
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16. ESTATE PLANNING
• Partnerships
• Pooled investment vehicles
• IRAs
• Syndicated 1031 Exchange Funds
• Family Partnerships and LLCs
• Developer Investor Structures
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18. PALO ALTO LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO
1717 Embarcadero Road 1150 Santa Monica Blvd. 135 Main Street
Palo Alto, CA 94303 Suite 1200 12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025 San Francisco, CA 94105
www.rroyselaw.com
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