Real estate investments

Now a few of them have latched on to a generous new federal benefit for investing in lower-income U.S. communities.

While there are many ways to hit a home run with OZ investments, there are also plenty of ways to strikeout.

A deadline is looming to maximize the stepped-up basis afforded to realized capital gains invested in qualified opportunity zone properties and businesses.

Real estate investors who want to maximize the return on investment will reap extra tax breaks this year, but still need to be cautious.

There are some powerful ways to help your clients defer gains and help communities.

Liquor stores can’t claim a hot new U.S. tax break designed to create jobs in poor communities. One of the biggest property developers for marijuana ventures says it can.

The Securities and Exchange Commission teamed up with the North American Securities Administrators Association to explain the application of federal and state securities laws to opportunity zone investments.

Investors are starting to pour money into the real estate projects after more than a year of indecision.

Taxpayers wishing to participate for any calendar 2018 capital gains must act quickly.

The proposed regs were a long time in coming, but generally taxpayer friendly. Here are seven key updates.

The proposed regulations could unlock greater development in low-income communities and give investors a chance to reap tremendous profits.

There’s plenty of enthusiasm for new U.S. tax breaks for investing in low-income communities designated as opportunity zones. But many people have delayed spending because of uncertainty about how the incentives will work.

The program offers qualifying taxpayers who have capital gains income a highly flexible way to defer and eliminate a portion of the federal gain and possibly state gain.

For New York City’s luxury real estate brokers, a new mansion tax certainly isn’t welcome news, but it’s better than the alternative.

What types of businesses don’t qualify for QOZ investment, and which types of taxpayers are best suited for the program?

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The Internal Revenue Service unveiled proposed regulations Friday for what Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says could be a $100 billion investment opportunity for real estate and businesses in distressed areas.

Lawmakers scrambling to lock up Republican support for the tax reform bill added a complicated provision late in the process—one that would provide a multimillion-dollar windfall to real estate investors such as President Donald Trump.

Senator Bob Corker wrote to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch asking for an “explanation” of how a provision on pass-through businesses that would benefit real estate investors came to be included in the final version of the Republican tax bill.

U.S. commercial real estate is a likely winner in the evolving Republican tax overhaul, which is poised to lower rates for property owners, spur new investment and increase demand for rental housing, according to a new report.