Real Estate Developers: Considered Estate Planning?
Real Estate Developers: Estate Planning or Integrated Planning in Real Estate Development Land Developers and Real Estate Developers have to plan a lot, but how often do they consider estate planning in their business plan? At Durfee Law Group, estate planning for our clients often includes business and tax planning. These items all together make…
Read MoreOPPORTUNITY ZONES DURING COVID-19
What Are Opportunity Zones? Opportunity Zones (OZ) are part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Congress introduced Opportunity Zones as an innovative approach to spark long-term private investments in low-income communities. They used tax relief as an incentive for individuals to invest capital gains income. Relief comes in the form of deferral, reduction,…
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Sustainable Distributions: How to Make Wealth Last and Grow The United Nations has promulgated 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Broadly speaking, these inter-related goals address global issues such as poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. This is a model for other human endeavors including trusts or charitable organizations intended to last a long…
Read MoreDeferred Sales Trust
A Deferred Sales Trust is a device to defer the taxable gain on the sale of appreciated real property or the like. Typically, when appreciated property is sold, the gain is taxable. The tax on this gain can generally be deferred or spread out with a sale on installment note. Such tax deferral is not…
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