In February, we wrote about COVID-19 relief bills and their impact on the real estate industry – and now there’s an update on the 30-year switch, as well as insights on how recently introduced legislation would impact the interest expense limitations. New IRS Guidance Offers Options One of the outstanding
Generally, sellers of U.S. real estate are subject to U.S. taxation on capital gains arising from the sale of the real property. However, under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA), the tax cost could be substantially higher. FIRPTA imposes a 10% withholding tax on the transfer (by
Introduction The global pandemic has impacted virtually every industry and every aspect of our lives – and perhaps one of the greatest impacts is the massive shift to remote working. To better understand COVID-19’s impact on our region’s real estate industry, we surveyed real estate companies across a range of
Major COVID-19 relief legislation provides some much-needed breathing room for hard-hit real estate entities. The Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (CAA) are designed to help businesses recover and thrive – and one highly anticipated tax provision is a fix to
First, the Big Picture In 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made a significant change in a taxpayer’s ability to defer gain under the like-kind exchange rules of Code Section 1031 – including narrowing the applicability of section 1031 to an exchange of real property. That property had
Owners of energy-efficient commercial buildings have the opportunity for potentially significant income tax breaks, based on the extension of section 179D of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TJCA). The Energy-Efficient Commercial Buildings deduction 179D was part of TJCA in 2017, and was set to expire – but in December
