Real Estate
Real Estate Tax
Our firm has extensive knowledge in the Real Estate Sector in developments, constructions, industrial, multi-family, management, funds etc. The Real Estate sector many times provides the most manuerving when it comes to strategic tax planning and compliance.
Examples of our services below:
- Accounting systems implementation
- Acquisitions Analysis
- Cost segregation analysis
- Debt allocations & tax planning for debt restructuring and forgiveness
- Long-term tax planning
- Opportunity Zone Fund structuring
- Partnership and LLC operating agreements, tax allocations and economic deal considerations
- Tax compliance services & Transaction structuring for complex deals
- Tax deferral strategies & Tax-free exchanges (Ex. 1031 Exchange)
Qualified Opportunity Zones
Taxpayers may defer and permanently reduce capital gains tax due on the disposition of property if the capital gains are reinvested in a Qualified Opportunity Zone through a Qualified Opportunity Fund.
- Qualified Opportunity Zone (“QOZ”): A population census tract that is low-income and has been nominated by the Governor (or other Chief Executive Officer) and designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a qualified opportunity zone.
- Qualified Opportunity Fund (“QOF”): A self-certified entity taxed as a U.S. partnership or U.S. corporation (including a REIT, LLC or S corporation) that holds at least 90% of its assets in Qualified Opportunity Zone Property (“QOZP”).
Three Types of Benefits for Program Participants:
- Deferral of Gain from a Sale or Exchange of Prior Investments.
- Reduction of Deferred Gain from the Sale or Exchange of Prior Investments.
- Exclusion of Gain from the Sale or Exchange of Investments in QOFs.
Cost Segregation Studies
Accelerating the depreciation schedule with the use of Cost Segregation Studies has been a key tax tool to avoiding a tax burden. By allocating the total cost of a property across all components we are able to utilize shorter asset lives to recompute the accelerated depreciation to date, accelerating deductions, lowering tax liability and increasing cash flow.