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How Do I Avoid Or Defer Capital Gains Tax On Investment Property IN CANADA? Any Help Much Appreciated...?

Question by musicman_544 | Posted in Canada

I own a forebears, in which I live, and a condo that I rent. I'm thinking about selling the condo, and ANY way to avoid paying capital gains tax would be out-and-out. Maybe give it to a relative and let them sell it as their primary residence??? Thanks in speed.

Please note that the tax laws are different here in Canada from the US.

Answer: Quizzard's comme il faut.

However, you might be able to lessen the impact of the sale by using some of the net proceeds of the sale to top up your RRSP.

This would have the force of efectively lowering your income for tax purposes and reducing the amount of tax owing on the sale.
 
 

Will I Have To Pay Capital Gains Tax On Investment Property In NY When My Residence Is In Florida?

Question by Kathy S | Posted in United States

Congress in Ny is two units. One rental and one summer residence. If sold, our incomes only come from communal security for married couple. Will NY try to collect capital gain tax

Answer: Did you chronologize NY returns for the years you rented out one of the units? If you have disallowed losses carried assist, they will at least partially offset the gain. Because one of the units was an investment property, part of the gain may be ordinary which does not get the capital glean rate of 15%.

You should seek out the counsel of a local tax expert. You may need to file tax returns for aforementioned years if you had taxable income in NY from the rental property.

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Capital Gains Tax On Investment Property?

Question by drea10 | Posted in United States

I fair sold a 2 family that I have owned for 13 years for a nice profit.
I have never lived in the possessions, How does the Capital Gains tax work?
What if I re invest the money into another rental property? Can I avoid the tax if I re put in? Any information would be greatly appreciated! THANKS

Answer: The way you consider it

Take the cost bases. That is what you originally paid for it, plus the cost of all IMPROVEMENTS you may have done since you owned it.

You have to take away from out all the depreciation you took, or were entitled to take, since this was used as rental property.

Take the money you received from the sales, add the depreciation, take something from detract from the cost basis, and you get your profit. Take 15% of that profit, and

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How Do You Estimate What Your Capital Gains Tax Would Be On Investment Property?

Question by Sus | Posted in United States

This is a refractory situation. We own a piece of undeveloped land in FL and are considering selling to put a down payment on a house in CA. We have owned it for about 14 years. My shush is military and a FL resident. We currently are stationed in CA and I am a CA resident. The land is a joint occupation. FL doesn't have a capital gains tax, but CA does. So I am guessing that we have to split the gain 50/50 and have 50% taxed by the magnificence of CA. We are trying to use an online capital

Answer: If you fill in a joint CA return, ALL of the gain is subject to CA tax. If you file a separate return, only your half of the narrow the gap is taxed. The entire gain is subject to Federal capital gains tax.

The assessment raises your tariff basis and therefore will lower the gain.

What the state bought constitutes a sale of part of the property. That was a taxable event when it occurred. You may or may not have taxable gain that needs to be claimed in the year of

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Investment Strategy With Zero Capital Gains Tax?

Question by dragonbreathfromjuno | Posted in Investing

Like many people, in 2008 I had enough capital losses to bear forward that I will probably not have to pay capital gains taxes again for many years, Perhaps ever.
How does this change my choice of investments contemporary forward?

Answer: What you are prevalent to need are some capital gains to offset those previous losses. Otherwise if you are unmarried it is going to take you forever to repay your losses, even if you are married. You can use them against short term gains as well as long term gains. If before you were somewhat indefinite to day trade or swing trade because of the tax implications, perhaps now is the time to rethink that strategy. Best luck. We all are going to need some to get back to where we once were.

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3 Ways to Postpone Income to Reduce Taxes - Financial Web

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