Mary is both a real estate developer and the owner and manager of residential real estate. Mary is retiring and is going to sell both the land he is holding for future development and the rental properties he owns. Straight-line depreciation was used to depreciate the rental real estate. The rental properties will be sold at a substantial loss, and the development property will be sold at a substantial gain. What are the nature of these gains and losses?
I am trying to figure out the important facts of the case. Any suggestions.
I'm guessing that everything is a 1231 asset since it's all business use. Would he be an active participant? How can I tell from what I have? Any suggestions are appreciated. We don't have 1250 recapture since it was all straight line realty. What issues do you see? How might you present them?
the rental business is different from the development business.
as a professional realtor mary gets special depreciation losses each year ( well by special i mean unlimited to the usual $25K)
RENTALS are 1250 i think
the accumulated depreciation on the rentals must be figured into the equation by adjusting the cost basis downward which may raise the gain up above a loss as you hypothexize. this will in turn create a tax liability of cap gain.
land held for future development may be inventory of the develpoment business so selling it at gain probably creates ordinary business income. perhaps require self-employment tax in addition to other ordinary income tax. these are not subject to cap gains rate
PS he is probably active participant on rental property but must answer questions about this from facts of case. he must manage it some etc.it sounds like he is active participant to me.
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Rental Income
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Rental Expenses
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Property Taxes. There are instances when property taxes will not be included on a Form 1098. For instance, the cash purchase of an investment property excludes the existence of a mortgage. In those instances, no escrow will be established. Instead, the property taxes will be paid directly by the owner. Refer to the property tax bill and payment receipts for amounts paid during the year. This will be key to reporting the deduction on the tax return. Additionally, investors should be careful to remove from their books any property that they sell or transfer during the year. Exclude those properties from tax returns in future years.
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