POLL: Are real estate agents permitted to give their clients advice on the tax aspects of a transaction?
Do you believe real estate agents are legally permitted to give their clients advice on the tax...
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Category: Tax
How 2018 tax changes impact California homeowners
In 2017, the Republican Tax Plan made numerous changes to how everyone reports, deducts and pays...
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Today’s homebuyers are wealthier than their new neighbors by necessity
New buyers tend to be wealthier than their neighbors.
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: The §1031 reinvestment plan
This excerpt from the forthcoming edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership gives a brief overview of the fundamentals of Internal Revenue Code §1031 reinvestment plans.
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: Proposition 13 and the transfer of assessed value to a replacement residence
This excerpt from the forthcoming edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership delves into the basics of property taxes, 1979’s aging Proposition 13, and a residence purchased as replacement property.
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Property tax refunds may now be initiated by the county
An individual’s rights to a property tax refund have expanded in 2019.
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Same-sex partnerships excluded from property transfer reassessments
Some same-sex couples may reverse their property tax reassessments after a change in ownership.
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The impacts of the SALT deduction cap in California, one year later
In California, this tax change is going to result in many residents paying significantly higher tax bills.
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: Tiered tax rates for profits
This excerpt from the forthcoming edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership covers the basics of profit reporting on the sale of real estate, including long-term and unrecaptured gains.
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California to see declining home values due to tax changes
How will the 2018 tax changes impact home values?
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How indexing capital gains to inflation would impact California’s housing market
California stands to benefit the most from this proposal due to its infamously high home values.
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Tax Benefits of Ownership: The Mortgage Interest Deduction
This excerpt from the forthcoming edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership covers the basics of the mortgage interest deduction, from reporting methods to economic effects.
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Californians seek to move to low-tax states
Home searchers are taking a hard look at taxes.
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Additional homeownership costs highest in California
Property taxes and homeowners insurance are the biggest homeownership expenses.
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POLL: Is Prop 13 a regressive tax regime?
Is Prop 13 a regressive tax regime? No, leave Prop 13 alone. (75%, 63 Votes) Yes, it needs to be...
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Change the law: close Prop 13’s corporate loophole
Our proposal to amend Prop 13’s reassessment loophole.
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How your clients plan to spend their tax cuts
The average taxpayer received a tax cut of $1,610 in 2018.
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California bill seeks to fill gap left by federal tax changes to help homeless population
Buried in the new tax law is a change that reduces the low-income housing tax credit.
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May a county impose a documentary transfer tax on the transfer of a majority interest in a company owning property?
926 North Ardmore Avenue LLC v. County of Los Angeles Facts: An owner transfers their rental...
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Can energy systems be separated into solar and nonsolar components for property tax purposes?
Luz Solar Partners Ltd., III v. San Bernardino County Facts: An owner improves their real estate...
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