She will only pay the highest rate and will typically receive a credit for any other income tax paid.As far as the taxation goes I am very familiar with this and have many clients overseas.

Another thing to think about, when you pay your loan back (aka pay yourself back) through payroll deductions, the interest portion of the repayment is subject to double taxation - you are paying the interest back into the 401k with after tax dollars, and then when you begin making withdrawls that interest is subject again to taxation.Like anything way the risks/benefits, but know what you're really getting.Damon

I am a CPA (corporate financial - not tax) at a large, national home builder.

Have your custodian cut a check to you and you will only pay tax at your regular (marginal) rate.I understand that you are probably in a part of your life where you want to save your principal as much as possible.

If it is a traditional IRA you will be subject to tax at ordinary rates when you withdraw the funds at retirement.

Has anyone incorporated their real estate business off-shore at a 'tax haven' island to get around the US taxation?

Lastly, Is de-appreciation in terms of taxation, pretty much just a loan?

Here is my situation. I bought house in 2007 and lived in it from 2007 to 2012.

In 2012, I bought a new construction and moved into it in August of 2012. I kept my other home and converted it to a rental.

I was thin...

A title attorney may not be the best at corporate formation, or taxation.

To counteract the taxation issue, sellers tried selling the rental license separate from the house since the value of the house was not in the houses itself, but in the rental income they bring in.