Persons interested in investing in real estate may not have the capital to purchase or develop real estate. Ordinarily those persons will seek out investors to provide the capital, while retaining a profits interest in the venture (a “promote” in the real estate world) in exchange for managing and facilitating the venture. A promote held by such a service partner is Continue Reading …
If you are doing a 1031 exchange, your exchange period ends on the earlier of: (i) 180 days after the close of the sale of the relinquished property, or (ii) the next due date for your tax return. That means that, if your sale closed after October 17, you will need to file for an extension of Continue Reading …
This post follows up on an earlier post from December 12, 2020, titled “The Long Arm of California’s Franchise Tax Board.” That post described a recent opinion by California’s Office of Tax Appeals (OTA), Appeal of L. Mazer and M. Mazer, in which the OTA ruled in favor of the Franchise Tax Board (FTB), holding that the taxpayers were California Continue Reading …