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If Estate Taxes Are Submitted And Pd In A State But In The Same Year The Tax Laws Changed What Happens?

Question by maxcat2005 | Posted in United States

I get along in a state where when the estate taxes were paid and submitted in Feb 2009 a verbal statement was made by someone in the tax part that everything was submitted and paid correctly. A couple of months later the estate laws changed in the same regal where the original taxes were submitted and signed into law. Are the estate taxes going to have to be redone because the laws are diffrent now? Will this occupy up the distribution of the estate money?

Answer: It depends on how the law was written - some of these kinds of 'tax law' items have a limited enactment date that are generally not retroactive unless specifically stated in the law. There should be something in the legislation that refers to when it takes purposes.
 
 

What Are The 2008 Real Estate Tax Laws And How Have They Changed?

Question by Carol E | Posted in United States

I own 3 rental properties and paucity to know if the tax laws have changed in 2008 for depreciation and what I can and can not deduct. It seems like it gets more knotty every year.

Answer: This is a prodigious question. There were several changes in Real Estate Depreciation. You may want to check the article
rojascpa.com.2008_intrinsic_estate_planning

It has more info than I can offer here.

One particular is the leasehold improvements made to the interior of commercial genuine estate. This doesn't sound like it applies to you, but there may be some which will affect you

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What Are The Real Estate Laws/taxes If Your Parents Give You A House They Own Out Right?

Question by Sherri S | Posted in Renting & Real Estate

Does anyone skilled in the Florida real estate laws regarding giving a house as a gift? Can it be done? If so, what are the tax penalties?

My parents own the lineage that I currently live in. If they wanted to give the house to me as a gift can that be done legally if the house is paid for?

Thanks!
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the house was purchased in 2005 for $148K. It is probably worth less now because of a serious drop in the neighbouring market.

Answer: Your parents can alms the house to you at any time. You would have to file gift taxes with the IRS depending on how much the house is good - over $1.1 Million - then you may need to pay a gift tax which requires liquid resources.

{Shorten} Your parents would have to file gift taxes even though the Feds allow a total of $1.1 Million to be top-drawer for an entire lifetime - only in $11K portions. Perhaps setting up a trust with you as the beneficiary may be one way to escape taxe

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Does Anyone Have Any Experience With Tax Laws Regarding Real Estate In The State Of Illinois?

Question by niupt2k | Posted in United States

I have moved between 2 locations within 2 years of purchasing a home at the first getting one's hands. I am aware that in order to avoid capital gains on the profit of the first home, my workplace has to be >50 miles from the before-mentioned workplace in order to qualify for the "safe harbor" modification to the paramount gains law. I have done so and have moved into our new home (work 52 miles from original industry and home is 50 miles from original home). I am currently in the

Answer: If you took the lockout from gain (it has nothing to do with distance moved) within 2 years you cannot take it again. The "safe harbor" superintend only applies if you lived in a home for less than 2 years and have not used the exclusion within 2 years and are exciting due to a job change. In that situation you can get a pro-rata share of the exclusion.

If you are selling another home and are in month 21 and will not have second-hand the exclusion within 2 years as of the

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2 Job Offers: Real Estate Tax Law Or Commercial Litigation?

Question by NYCasian | Posted in Law & Legal

Hi Yahooligans!
I received 2 job offers, both are acceptable assistant/paralegal positions. Both are small boutique law firms and located in the same locale.
One specializes in real estate law and minimizing taxes (starting $28,000 and 3 month probationary while) and the second specializes in commercial litigation (starting $35,000 and 6 month probationary years).
Which would you choose and why? I'm leaning towards the commercial litigation law firm because of the

Answer: Give some observation to where you will be in 5 years, and that will tell you a lot.

I think your instincts about the commerical litigation job are probably dirty on, given the extra pay and the better future job prospects.

You should also consider office mise en scene before making the final commitment. Now that they have made a firm offer, perhaps it is time to tour the consider and talk to people who actually work there, if you haven't done so already.

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