It is not necessary to have the replacement property identified at this time.

Businesses were also eligible for replacement property costs and moving costs.

Debt reduction can be offset with cash used to purchase the replacement property.

The old rules that required you to reinvest proceeds in a more expensive replacement property no longer apply.

Always to bring cash to the closing of the replacement property to cover loan fees or other charges which are not qualified costs.

Finding replacement property can be the most daunting part of an exchange, particularly in a real estate market in which prices are rising.

Congress responded to this ruling by imposing time limits on the identification and receipt of replacement property.

Taxpayer enters into an agreement to purchase replacement property, again including the Cooperation Clause.

Borrowing more money than is necessary to close on replacement property will not result in the taxpayer receiving tax-free money from the closing.

More than one potential replacement property can be identified as long as you satisfy one of these rules:

Taxes on capital gains are not charged upon sale of a property if a qualifying replacement property is acquired.

Excess borrowing to acquire replacement property.

Taxpayers must also receive the replacement property within 180 days of transfer of like-kind property.

The sale of the relinquished property and the acquisition of the replacement property do not have to be simultaneous.

Replacement property has to be identified within 45 days of the closing on the first property, and the exchange itself completed within 180 days.

Both the relinquished property and the replacement property must be held either for investment or for productive use in a trade or business.

Then the proceeds from the sale of the relinquished property are deposited by the Qualified Intermediary to purchase the replacement property.

Frequently, the most difficult component of a 1031 exchange is identifying a replacement property within the first 45 days following the sale of the relinquished property.

Within the first 45 days after the close of escrow on the sale of the relinquished property, the investor identifies replacement properties as required by law.

The third scheme is known as Leibniz's law, "the principle of substitutivity", "the indiscernibility of identicals", or "the replacement property".

Using an experienced commercial broker, Dr. Scotti is lining up replacement properties in less expensive areas of the country as he sells his houses and condos.

Exchangers often have difficulty in locating and closing suitable replacement property within the 45 day identification period and the 180 day closing period.

Debt reduction boot which occurs when a taxpayer's debt on replacement property is less than the debt which was on the relinquished property.

If the transaction is handled properly, the payment of tax is deferred until the replacement property is later sold with no reinvestment in a qualifying property.

IRS rules control the length of time that the replacement property must be held before it may either be sold or used to enter into a new tax deferred exchange.