May a local agency impose a special assessment for coastal improvements on beachfront parcels without considering the benefits to the general public?
Broad Beach Geologic Hazard Abatement District v. 31506 Victoria Point LLC
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Category: Tax
Top 10 tax scams to avoid during the recession
The latest fraudulent and abusive tax schemes real estate professionals need to know.
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Form-of-the-Week: Request for Notice of Mello-Roos Assessment and Notice of Your Supplemental Property Tax Bill — Forms 137 and 317
Agents use RPI Forms 137 and 317 to notify prospective buyers about the supplemental property taxes and bonded indebtedness they will receive upon transfer of ownership.
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Brokerage Reminder: “’Cause I’m the taxman, yeah I’m the taxman”
A weekly reminder to stay on top of your practice!
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Spill-over from rising interest rates impacts carryback arrangements
Beyond the immediate impact of rising interest rates on home prices, higher rates are also spilling over into other facets of real estate.
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Property taxes leap in 2020-2021
The past year’s homebuyers are shouldering a significant chunk of their communities’ property taxes.
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: taxes on repossession
The following excerpt is from the current edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership, which gives an...
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: inflation, appreciation, and taxes
The following excerpt is from the current edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership, which gives an...
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: income categories
The following excerpt is from the current edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership, which gives an...
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: the sales price
The following excerpt is from the current edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership, which gives an...
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Brokerage Reminder: Property tax reassessment 101
An overview of transfers automatically excluded from reassessment.
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: the principal residence profit exclusion
The following excerpt is from the current edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership, which gives an overview of the tax exclusions available to a homeowner upon the sale of their past or present principal residence.
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Property tax inequality: shifting the burden to boost homeownership
How fair and equitable is our property taxation system?
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Using the INTAX form to calculate the seller’s federal tax liability on a real estate sale
This article discusses unrecaptured gain and long-term capital gains taken on the profit of a real estate sale.
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Case in point: Does the price paid at a trustee’s foreclosure sale establish a property’s fair market value (FMV)?
An in-depth look into fair market value, assessment and the newest tax laws in California.
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Is a transfer of inherited property between siblings exempt from reassessment?
Bohnett v. County of Santa Barbara
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IRS announces new tax rates for 2021
An overview of the IRS’s inflation adjustments for the 2021 tax year.
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: tiered tax rates for profits
This updated excerpt from the forthcoming edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership covers the basics...
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: tax aspects advice
The following excerpt is from the forthcoming edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership which gives an overview on a transaction’s tax aspects.
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: vacation home sales
This excerpt from the forthcoming edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership gives an overview on vacation home sales.
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