10A — September 23 - October, 20, 2022 — 1031 Exchange — Financial Digest — M id A tlantic Real Estate Journal
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1031 E xchange
By Dwight Kay, Kay Properties Five Critical Things To Remember When Deciding To Do A 1031 Exchange
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guidelines. In other words, you have the potential to keep all your profits working for you with the purchase of your next investment property, without the IRS coming after you look - ing for their share of the pie. Here are five things to remem - ber before a 1031 exchange. 1. Taxes are Applicable in a Non-1031 Exchange When an investor sells a property that has gone up in value this results in several types of taxes. These include capital gains taxes, which the investor must pay if they sell the asset at a price higher
than they initially paid for it. Federal capital gains are taxed at 15-20% of the increase in value, while state capital gains are taxed between 0- 13.3% of the increase in value. Depreciation recapture taxes are taxes due when the seller had claimed de - preciation expenses on the sold property. Depreciation recapture is currently taxed at 25% of the amount you have depreciated over the years. Other taxes incurred on property sales include the 3.8% Medicare surtax. The beauty of a 1031 Ex -
mediary or an accommodator so they can execute the sale on your behalf. This is a process whereby your sale contract is assigned to the qualified intermediary and when the property closes your funds are then wired to your account at the qualified intermediary. From there you will instruct which properties you would like the qualified intermediary to purchase on your behalf. Kay Properties is not a quali - fied intermediary however we work with many throughout the country so if you would like a referral please let us know. 3. You Can Only Purchase a Like-Kind Asset For you to defer taxes via a 1031 exchange, you must reinvest the profits from the sale in like-kind property. In other words, if you sell a property held for investment or business purposes in a 1031 exchange, the replacement property must be of the same character. For example, you could sell an apartment build - ing and purchase a commercial building or you could sell a rental home and purchase a DST 1031 investment. 4. Remember Deadlines 1031 exchanges are subject to strict deadlines. If you sell a property today, you’re expect - ed to have identified the re - placement property within the next 45 days and reinvested the proceeds within 180 days. But if you’d already identified the replacement property, you can reinvest immediately. 5. Understand Your 1031 Exchange Options Once investors have decided to do a 1031 exchange they should consider their options. First, they could purchase another type of investment property that they would man - age on their own. Second, they could purchase a triple net lease property whereby a national tenant such as Walgreens or FedEx has leased the property for typically 10-15 years. The problem with the triple net leased properties is that it causes investors to place a large portion of their net worth into a single property which could be disastrous (think Blockbuster Video). Third, if the investor is wanting to get out of active management and the day to day issues of dealing with continued on page 12A
change is that you can defer all of these taxes. But if you choose to sell your property without a 1031 exchange, en - sure you consult a reputable attorney and CPA so you can know what your full tax bill will be when adding up federal capital gains, state capital gains, depreciation recapture and the medicare surtax. 2. You Need a Qualified Intermediary A 1031 exchange isn’t as simple as selling and reinvest - ing in another property. You must first transfer the relin - quished property to an inter -
f you’ve picked up a finan - cial publication recently, chances are you’ve seen
references to 1031 Ex- c h a n g e s . A 1031 ex- change is a legal way for investors to defer their capital gains taxes on the
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sale of real estate held for in - vestment or business purposes. It allows one to defer taxes on a property sale as long as they follow specific 1031 rules and
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