How To Dodge A Tax Hit When Selling Rental Property By Making The Right Move, Sellers Can Sidestep The Capital Gains Tax

Written by Apartment Management Magazine on August 3, 2018. Posted in Blog

By: Dwight Kay

Tax - scrabble blocks

The life of a landlord certainly isn’t easy.

There are plumbing issues that eat into time and money. There are tenants who fail to pay the rent. There are broken leases and leaky roofs.And the hassles don’t even end when the beleaguered landlord finally decides to sell the property. After the deal closes, the Internal Revenue Service is waiting in the wings to collect a capital gains tax on the profits from the sale.

Will the Tax Reform Bill Be A Christmas Gift or a Lump of Coal for California Rental Property Owners?

Written by Apartment Management Magazine on January 5, 2018. Posted in Blog

by Kenneth Ziskin, The Apartment Owners’ Estate Planning Attorney ^SM

Tax reform finally became law late in December, 2017, even though passage required it to give up its common name, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (“TCJA”).

For most of you, the TCJA will give with one hand, and take away with the other. For some, the act will be a lump of coal, and taxes will, unfortunately, go up. For others, the act will be a real Christmas present that brings real tax savings. You probably cannot just intuitively figure out whether you got a real present or a lump of coal until you model your situation, and possible planning opportunities.

Many of the law’s provisions were not finalized, or even discussed, in committee, and we will not understand the full impact for months, or maybe even years. But, while all tax professionals (including me) are trying to get a handle around the impacts of the TCJA, I want to try to give you an idea of some of the major impacts and a few planning implications.

Posts Tagged ‘Capital Gains Tax’