Please note that this program will only be offered as a live webcast. Speakers will be participating in the program remotely. As always, webcast attendees have access to all program materials, and will be able to view all program slides and submit questions to the speakers during the presentation.
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Overview
Why You Should Attend
This year’s program will continue to focus on transactions, highlighting the tax problems encountered, and structuring adopted by, practitioners in today’s typical commercial real estate transactions. We will explore the unique challenges created by the current market, and the impact of recent tax legislation, including Budget Reconciliation and Covid provisions, and examine the range of approaches and solutions being used by the experts following the passage of this new legislation, the 2017 Tax Act (formerly the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – “TCJA”), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES” Act), and subsequent guidance thereunder.
Panels of nationally-recognized real estate tax experts from major law and accounting firms will provide attorneys, accountants and real estate professionals with a detailed analysis of the most cutting-edge and creative tax planning techniques available for structuring, restructuring and unwinding different types of real estate transactions in today’s challenging environment. Using extensive visual aids and actual deal structures, this group of entertaining, experienced and knowledgeable speakers will share their experiences with today’s state-of-the-art planning techniques, and emphasize practical approaches to solving difficult tax issues affecting real estate investment and operation.
What You Will Learn
- The latest developments in real estate taxation and partnership taxation (legislative, administrative and judicial), including:
- Impact of the 2021 tax legislation enacted as part of the Budget Reconciliation process
- New developments under the TCJA and administrative guidance on real estate
- New developments under the CARES Act and associated relief provisions
- Changes affecting public and private REITs
- Analysis of current structures in light of the final Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund (“QOF”) regulations, and additional guidance including the new final regulations issued in 2021
- Current techniques dealing with regulations on bottom dollar guarantees and the allocation of partnership liabilities
- Drafting partnership agreements to deal with the new partnership audit and “partnership representative” rules
- Changes to the partnership disguised sale regulations that affect “leveraged partnerships” but also many other common transactions
- Structuring to maximize capital gain and avoid “dealer” status; strategies for avoiding income recognition traps and minimizing taxes under Sections 704(b), 704(c), 707, 737 and 752
- Simplified approaches for drafting effective tax provisions for partnership and LLC agreements, including book-ups for service partners
- Like-kind exchange developments, including tenancies-in-common, build-to-suit, reverse and related party exchanges
- Tax issues for those who purchase debt at a discount; and debt modification and cancellation of debt (“COD”) issues arising following the Covid-19 pandemic
Special Feature
Our transactional approach will feature case studies and other illustrative methods to provide in-depth analysis of many typical but challenging commercial real estate transactions, including, contributions of properties to partnerships, LLCs and REITs and UPREITs, roll-ups of portfolios of multiple properties, Qualified Opportunity Funds (“QOFs” and “QOZBs”), redemptions and divisions of partnerships with negative capital accounts, pitfalls and opportunities in leasing transactions, like kind exchanges and much, much more.
Who Should Attend
Attorneys at law and accounting firms who advise clients on the tax consequences of real estate transactions; in-house tax professionals who help structure transactions; and professionals interested in exploring the cutting-edge and creative tax planning techniques available for structuring, restructuring and unwinding different types of real estate transactions in today’s challenging environment.
Program Level – Overview
Intended Audience - Attorneys at law and accounting firms who advise clients on the tax consequences of real estate transactions; in-house tax professionals who help structure transactions; and professionals interested in exploring the cutting-edge and creative tax planning techniques available for structuring, restructuring and unwinding different types of real estate transactions in today’s challenging environment.
Prerequisites – Familiarity with the U.S. tax rules affecting real estate.
Advanced Preparation – None