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Sep 30, 2019

IRS Finalizes Safe Harbor for Rental Real Estate Activities

On September 24, 2019, the Treasury Department finalized a safe harbor for rental real estate activities which should provide some tax benefits for lessors and investors. We addressed the draft safe harbor in a previous tax blog posting which can be found here. In this posting, we provide a summary of the final version of the safe harbor and recommendations for maximizing the benefits available under it. Background IRC Section 199A is a tax incentive for pass-through entities and sole proprietorships.  It effectively reduces the federal tax rate on income arising from certain activities by as much as 20%.  Thus, if… Read more