admin / January 25, 2019
If the taxpayer sells property and deposits the exchange proceeds with a qualified intermediary in the last 179 days of the year and has a bona fide intent of doing a like-kind exchange, but the exchange does not close in the succeeding year (the 180th day must fall in the succeeding year), the gain is deferred into the succeeding year. As noted, one must have a bona fide intent to do the exchange; there are steps that a taxpayer can take with his attorney to prove up that intent in advance.
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