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Vinson & Elkins LLP

Update: OBBBA Tax Provisions Impacting REITs and Foreign Investors

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On July 1, 2025, a little over two weeks after the Senate Finance Committee released its draft tax title (the “Initial Senate Draft”), the U.S. Senate secured sufficient votes to advance its version of the “One Big Beautiful...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

New Rhode Island Tax on Non-Owner-Occupied Properties Assessed at $1 Million or More

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Rhode Island’s 2026 budget bill contains a "Non-Owner-Occupied Property Tax Act," which is popularly referred to as the “Taylor Swift Tax.” This law imposes a new statewide tax on non-owner-occupied residential properties...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Sullivan & Worcester Submits Comments to IRS Urging Caution in Applying Cloud Transaction Framework to REIT Rules

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On June 9, 2025, Sullivan & Worcester submitted a comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in response to Notice 2025-6, which requests public input on the possible expansion of the cloud transaction framework...more

DLA Piper

REIT Tax News - June 2025

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On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a tax bill (House Tax Bill) that proposes to make permanent – and increase – the section 199A deduction for ordinary REIT dividends to 23 percent. This change would reduce...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Remediation of M&A REIT Targets (UPDATED)

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The past is prologue: Do REIT qualification issues close with tax years, do they persist for ten (10) years (being the sum of five (5) years on account of the Section 856(g)(3) “lock out” plus another five (5) years of...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Navigating Interest Income in 1031 Exchanges: Strategic Considerations for Tax Deferral

As investors increasingly leverage Section 1031 exchanges to defer capital gains taxes, nuanced scenarios involving interest income on exchange proceeds require careful analysis. A critical but often overlooked aspect arises...more

DLA Piper

House Passes Sweeping Tax Bill: Top Points for the Investment Funds Industry

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On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a tax bill with some limited amendments (House Tax Bill). The House Tax Bill will now head to the Senate, where additional amendments could be made. Below, we outline five...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Diversification and Tax Savings with a 1031 UPREIT

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A 1031 UPREIT (Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust) transaction allows real estate investors to exchange property on a tax-deferred basis under IRS Section 1031 while gaining diversification and liquidity by...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Nonresidents Beware: Oregon's and Washington's Fractional Formula and Apportionment Rules Apply to In-State Property

At $13.99 million for 2025, the federal estate tax exclusion is the largest it has ever been, but it will be reduced by half in 2026, which you can read more about in this advisory....more

Morgan Lewis

German Federal Fiscal Court Comments on Several Aspects of Real Estate Transfer Tax for Share Deals

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In several recently published rulings, the German Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) has commented on several aspects of real estate transfer tax (RETT) in case of share deals—also contrary to the previous opinion of the tax...more

IR Global

Stamp Duty Land Tax Changes from April 2025

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Stamp Duty Land Tax Changes from April 2025: What Buyers Need to Know - From 1st April 2025, significant changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will take effect, impacting buyers across England and Wales. These adjustments...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

January 2025: Legislative amendments to real estate taxation in Israel

The new year is already heralding significant tax innovations in Israel in general, and in real estate taxation in particular. Following are highlights of the legislative amendments that were approved by January 2025....more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Selected US Tax Developments

Canadians who emigrate to the United States or elsewhere face many decisions and considerations associated with departure, but careful tax planning should not be an afterthought. When an individual ceases to be resident in...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

New York City's FY26 Tentative Tax Roll: Insights, Trends, and What Property Owners Need to Know

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Every January, the City of New York releases its annual tentative tax roll based upon Department of Finance (“DOF”) valuations for each property in the five boroughs. Unless successfully challenged, these valuations are the...more

Cole Schotz

The 2025 Tax Appeal Review

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Continued pressures created by elevated levels of mortgage interest rates, vacancies, as well as stricter lending policies, point to higher capitalization rates, lower property values and tax appeal opportunities in 2025....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Swapping Foreign Real Properties On a Tax Deferred Basis

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Over the last couple of years, several of my friends have become citizens of the country from which their parents emigrated to the U.S. Also during that period, some acquaintances took advantage of the so-called “golden...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Real Estate in Canada – Law and Practice

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1. General - 1.1 Main Sources of Law - Under Canada’s federal constitution, laws relating to real estate fall almost exclusively within provincial jurisdiction. Specifically, each Canadian province enacts its own...more

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Final Treasury Regulations Implement a 10-Year Transition Rule for Existing Domestically Controlled REITs

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) have recently issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) that significantly impact the determination of whether a real...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK's Spring Budget 2024 and Its Impact on Real Estate

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (UK) Spring Budget for 2024 on 8 March 2024.  The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of an anticipated general election in the summer or autumn of 2024 and...more

DarrowEverett LLP

How Bonus Depreciation Can Be A Timely Tool in Real Estate Deals

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So, you’re a real estate investor accustomed to tax mitigation strategies and you are starting to think about your next big project. With that comes so many streams of thought — location, timing, interest rates, partnerships,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Over the Horizon

The resounding theme for the 2023 G20 summit, held on 9th and 10th September in India, has been “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” – an ancient Sanskrit phrase meaning “the world is one family.” The term perfectly juxtaposes...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Real Estate Transfer Tax Liability Upon the Infusion of New Equity

As the commercial real estate market continues to be strained by a combination of rising interest rates and a pending recession, causing a decline in commercial real estate valuations and a restricted lending market, the need...more

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Proposed Regulations May Affect Taxation of Foreign Investors in REITs

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On December 29, 2022 the IRS and the Treasury Department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-100442-22) (the “Proposed Regulations”) that, among other things, affects the determination when Real Estate Investment...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New Look-Through Rules Will Impact Foreign Investment in REITs

Proposed regulations issued on December 29, 2022 include a new look-through rule that will affect the determination of whether a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) is considered to be domestically controlled. A REIT is...more

Bilzin Sumberg

The Next BEA Filing Deadline and Application to U.S. Real Estate Investments Scenarios

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As we have previously written about, reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) will go into effect January 1, 2024. Before we get to the first CTA reporting, we note the deadline for another important non-tax...more

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