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  • How a 1031 Exchange Works
    A section 1031 tax deferral allows an investor to sell a property, then reinvest the proceeds in a new property and defer all capital gain taxes. Specific conditions for the exchange state that it must...
  • Capital Gain on principal residence that was rented
    If, during the 5-year period ending on the date of sale, you owned the home for at least 2 years and lived in it as your main home for at least 2 years, you can exclude up to the maximum dollar limit....
  • Understanding Capital Gains Tax
    To understand the capital gains tax, we must begin by understanding exactly what is meant by "capital gains". Capital gains is the income that a person gets from the sale of an investment. These investments...
  • Capital Assets – Gains and Losses for Taxes
    Capital is a unique term when it comes to taxes. If it gains value, you pay a tax. If it loses it, you can write at least some of the loss off. Capital Assets – Gains and Losses for Taxes Practically everything...
  • Alternative to Investment Property
    New IRS Procedure on 1031 Tax Free Exchange Tenant-in-Common (TIC) Exchanges Smaller investors can now invest in larger, professionally managed real estate and enjoy the benefits of tax shelter, growth,...
  • Capital Gain on sizable gain
    If you first receive income subject to estimated tax during a period other than the first quarter, you must make your first payment by the due date for the period the income is received. You can pay your...
  • Tax Provision Blamed for High Land Prices
    ST. LOUIS - After working on a northern Illinois farm thats been in his family for 151 years, Rob Sharkey itched to break out on his own. That is, until land prices ballooned The 31-year-old Stark County...
  • Tax Free Gain on the Sale of Your Home
    When a single taxpayer sells his or her principal residence that he or she has owned and used as a principal residence for at least two of the previous five years, the taxpayer may exclude up to $250,000...
  • Capital Gains on property received as a gift?
    To figure the basis of property you get as a gift, you must know its adjusted basis to the donor just before it was given to you. You also must know its fair market value (FMV) at the time it was given...


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