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Defer a current tax bill with a like-kind exchange
January 4, 2024
Categories: #hh, Form 8824, Investment property, Section 1031
If you’re interested in selling commercial or investment real estate that has appreciated significantly, one way to defer a tax bill on the gain is with a Section 1031 “like-kind” exchange. With this transaction, you exchange the property rather than sell it. Although the real estate market has been tough recently in some locations, there are still profitable opportunities (with high resulting tax bills) when the like-kind exchange strategy may be attractive. A like-kind