«Section 1031 prevents the taxation
of phantom income.
NAR supports an exclusion from taxation
of the phantom income generated when all or a portion of a mortgage on a primary residence is forgiven.
Private equity would get taxed off of «phantom income» at a 15 % compounded rate, i.e., a private equity fund with $ 100 million in equity would have to pay taxes on $ 15 million
of phantom income, at the fund if 15 % distributions are not made to shareholders.
Not exact matches
So in addition to the existing equity level rate
of return,
phantom bonds would be adding both non-existant diversification AND non-existant fixed
income payments.
TIPS have special tax consequences, generating
phantom income on the «inflation compensation» component
of the principal.
Immediate taxable
income would would be distributable, but since loss carryforwards can be paired with the capital gains, one
of the main obstacles to buying back REIT CDO debt is eliminated (i.e., where to come up with the cash to pay required REIT dividends on «
phantom» taxable
income that is suddenly higher than actual operating cash flow?
This problem is addressed in the 2010 federal budget and changes are in the works but just exactly how the budget will treat the various types
of victims
of tax on
phantom income wont be known until the budget is passed and becomes law.
So far Canadians are not getting the same, or similar, tax treatment
of taxes levied on their
phantom income.
If you haven't run into the following booby - trap then be aware that equities acquired by way
of an Emloyer's Shares Purchase Plan (ESPP) or Employee Share Option (ESO) plan can result in the employee being levied devatating taxes on
phantom income.
Annuity buyers commonly mistake this
income base for their account value, but the
income base is actually an accounting entry — it's sort
of a
phantom account.
Due to missed premium notices and the loans, the policy eventually reached a tipping point
of being in danger
of lapsing with
phantom income within a year.
The Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act
of 2007, S. 1394, introduced by Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D - Mich., and George Voinovich, R - Ohio, among others, would direct the IRS not to count loan forgiveness under a workout as taxable
phantom income.
Editor's note: The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF REALTORS ® has long worked to change the tax laws and eliminate this «
phantom tax» on
income.
I could also say that your fee - for - service «agent «is also a leech, waiting for you to show up again in order for him / her to boiler plate another offer on another
phantom property; if only I could have been able to do that to make a nice
income without feeling just a little bit cheap with my expertise and most importantly, my time regarding letting my client in on the negatives
of said property as I saw them... from an objective point
of view, and not from a subjective, already - emotionally - attached - to - the - property point
of view
of the buyer, being something like a person falling in love with a piece -
of - crap used car because it is a favourite colour.
NAR supports an exclusion from taxation
of the «
phantom income» generated when all or a portion
of a mortgage loan is forgiven.
thanks after reading Brandon's article on depreciation when you first get started the
phantom loss would wipe out the net
income of the property.
Some borrowers are expected to decline such an «offer
of mortgage debt forgiveness» because
of significant tax liability on
phantom income — and receiving a 1099 from the lender for the amount
of the debt forgiveness.