While we basically think of those certified mail notices as just something to prove the taxpayer got the delinquent notice, it is more than that.

Additionally, there's a fixed self-employment tax.Income Tax: 22% * $70K = $15.4KSelf-Employment Tax: 15.3% * $20K = $3.06KTotal Tax Due: $18.46KRemember to account for any state taxes as well.To defer taxes entirely, you could utilize a 1031 exchange, which allows you to reinvest the proceeds from the sale into a similar investment property, thus deferring the tax payment until a later date.Example #2: Long-Term Capital GainsNow, consider a scenario where you hold onto the property for over a year.Project Details:Property Cost: $70KRenovation Costs: $50KResale Price: $200KProfit: $80K ($200K – $50K – $70K)Since self-employment tax doesn't apply, you only need to calculate the long-term capital gains tax.

Moreover, three-quarters of all audits are correspondence audits in which the IRS sends the taxpayer a letter in the mail asking about one or two issues.

Property Taxes, Insurance, Management Costs, etc.)With either method of taxation, foreigner investors must have an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN).Obtaining A Taxpayer IDAs soon as possible, foreigner investors need to obtain a U.S.

You should not get any tax stamp as there is no change of control if you still own the LLC.The section 121 exclusion will only work if you sell the property to a different taxpayer.

It talks about all the material participation rules, and how to ruin a taxpayer's day.Having a W-2 job is likely a killer... but at the same time, if that W-2 is not material or if your reliance on that income is not material, then we say go for it.

When a sale occurs, you now have a larger tax payment than had you not used the "tax benefits".  

All the IRScares is the taxpayer stays the same.

So my question (which could have been clearer) is less about tax burdens and more of an ethical one of: which party should the tax payment originate from?

The PAL rules deal with "activities" and the taxpayer's level of participation in said activities.