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President Biden’s tax plan stands to make a significant impact on everyday citizens and investors alike.
If passed, the plan would increase taxes on the top 1 percent of earners by 13 percent to 18 percent of after-tax income, and indirectly increase taxes for most other groups by 0.2 percent to 0.6 percent, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, an independent, non-profit, bipartisan public-policy organization based in Washington, D.C.
But one proposal that could potentially rock the real estate industry, if passed, is the end to Section 1031 “like-kind” exchanges for investors with annual incomes of greater than $400,000.
1031 exchanges allow real estate investors to defer capital-gains taxes when they sell properties by directing the sale’s proceeds into new investments. Many investors conduct these exchanges on a continual basis, and while that means the tax continues to be deferred, it’s not as though it goes away altogether th
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National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) President Charlie Oppler represented NAR at a wreath-laying ceremony honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, Jan. 18. King’s enduring legacy was on display as attendees reflected on the foundation he set in the fight for racial equality and highlighted the progress the nation has made and must still make. […]
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Hours after a mob of President Trump‘s supporters overran police and stormed the U.S. Capitol Building, National Association of Realtors (NAR) President Charlie Oppler characterized the situation as an “assault” on America’s democratic principles and said he was shocked.
NAR President Charlie Oppler
Oppler’s statement, issued Wednesday evening, noted that the “scenes we are watching unfold as a nation are shocking and leave us in disbelief.”
“America’s largest trade association stands with our democracy and our nation’s centuries-old observance of peaceful protests and the peaceful transfer of power,” Oppler continued. “What happened today at the U.S. Capitol was an assault on both.”