Not exact matches
Insofar as portfolio
companies own income - producing
real estate (as many TAM portfolio
companies do), the
real estate accounted for under IFRS is carried at an appraised value
based on appraisals by
independent appraisal firms; under GAAP income producing
real estate is carried at depreciated historic cost less impairments.
To be sure,
independent brokerages that join large networks of affiliated
companies like the Chicago -
based Leading
Real Estate Cos. of the World can obtain many of the same benefits that brokers and salespeople at franchises have.
RELO,
based in Chicago, is a network of more than 1,000
independent real estate companies that assist each other in a variety of relocation referral services.
In the case, sales associates affiliated with Boston Pads LLC a
real estate brokerage
company, challenged their status as
independent contractors on the grounds that they were subject to supervision by their broker, among other things, and therefore should be considered employees
based on a three - pronged test under the state's
independent contractor status.
According to federal law, for federal tax purposes,
real estate agents will not be treated as employees if these three requirements are met: (1) The agent must be licensed; (2) Substantially all income must be made on the
basis of sales or output, not on hours worked; and (3) There must be a written contract between the salesperson and
company stipulating
independent contractor status.