Commercial Investment Real Estate Taxation

A little bit of tax knowledge can go a long way in increasing your profits. This course is designed to provide an understanding of how investment properties and the income and losses these properties produce are viewed by the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, this course outlines how losses can be used to offset the amount of gain to be reported on the disposition of a property.

After completing this course, students will be able to:
Identify the four Internal Revenue Code tax classifications of assets
Determine what tax classification should be applied given a commercial real estate property type
Understand what types of properties allow for cost recovery, capital gains, capital loss deductions, exchanges and installment sales
Identify the conditions under which cost recovery (depreciation) may occur
Calculate depreciable basis given a property's assessed land and improvement values
Determine the varying cost recovery percentages for a property given the acquisition and disposition dates
Identify the three types of income subject to federal taxation and provide examples for each
Describe how income and losses within the three types of income baskets are treated for tax purposes
Describe how passive losses are treated for tax purposes given the Passive Loss Rule
Know the requirements needed for an investor to qualify for the rental real estate loss allowance
Identify who is affected by the Passive Loss Rule
Understand the difference between gains and losses from capital assets and those from 1231 assets
Identify the tax treatment for short-term and long-term capital gains and losses
Know how to net capital gains and losses in the portfolio basket


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