{"id":3068,"date":"2022-04-03T17:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T21:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myhlaw.com\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2024-06-05T16:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:19:25","slug":"real-estate-investment-qualified-opportunity-zone-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhlaw.com\/es\/real-estate-investment-qualified-opportunity-zone-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT: Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is not too late to shelter your capital gains from last year.\u00a0 The Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund Program allows investors to defer, or entirely eliminate, federal taxes on capital gains<\/a> (and 1231 gains<\/a>) from qualifying investments.<\/h4>\n

The Opportunity Zone program has been around since 2017 but, since the Pandemic, it has received some beneficial tweaks<\/a> you should know about.<\/p>\n

Benefits<\/h2>\n

Some of the deadlines under the program have already passed, but the benefits still available are impressive<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The first thing you need to understand is that we’re really talking about TWO separate tax-saving opportunities.\u00a0 \u00a0We’ll call them GAIN #1\u00a0 and GAIN #2.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

GAIN #1 – Previous Capital Gains<\/h3>\n

Here, we’re talking about the capital gains you made in 2021 (or the first quarter of 2022).<\/p>\n

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You’re just sitting on this money at the moment, getting ready to pay taxes on it.\u00a0 But, hold on.\u00a0 There is an alternative.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you act quickly, you can take those gains from 2021 and reinvest them in a Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund.\u00a0 That will exempt<\/em> those gains from your 2022 tax return.<\/p>\n

Then, you can defer the tax on those 2021 gains until 2027.\u00a0 So, you have six (6) years<\/span> in which you can make money on Uncle Sam’s money.\u00a0 Let me give you an illustration.<\/p>\n

Example<\/em><\/span>:\u00a0 Let’s say you sold real property last year and made a profit of $500,000.\u00a0 Depending on your tax bracket, you probably owe 20% in capital gains tax on that money, which would be $100,000.\u00a0 Under this program, Uncle Sam basically says:<\/p>\n

You can hold onto my $100,000 as long as you reinvest it in an Opportunity Zone.\u00a0 And, whatever you earn on that money in the next six years, you get to keep.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

That is not a bad deal AT ALL.\u00a0 But, brace yourself.\u00a0 Here comes the crazy part.<\/p>\n

GAIN #2 – Capital Gains from QF<\/h3>\n

Continuing with our example, if you leave that $100,000 investment in the Qualified Fund (QF) for at least 10 years, you are going to get all the capital gains derived from that investment TAX FREE.\u00a0 Let that sink in.<\/p>\n

Example<\/em><\/span>:\u00a0 Let’s say you find a good QF for your $100,000.\u00a0 You can probably expect your Fund Manager to grow the fund at a rate of 10% to 15% per year.\u00a0 That will essentially double your investment in five (5) years.\u00a0 So, by year five, give or take, your $100,000 investment will have grown to $200,000.\u00a0 And, by year ten (10), it will be worth $300,000.\u00a0 That leaves you with a capital gain of $200,000 by the end of the 10-year cycle.<\/p>\n

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Guess what.\u00a0 You will pay exactly zero taxes on that $200,000 gain.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That, my friends, is rather amazing.<\/p>\n

Now that we have your attention, look for follow up articles with details on _<\/p>\n