
27 February 2019 | 23 replies
The other two-thirds of your sale profit is taxable from the sale of your rental units.
27 December 2015 | 2 replies
Account Closed,Never mind what the County think's it's taxable value (assessment) is, you need an appraisal or a CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) to determine the approximate market value of any piece of property.Real estate agents (who may or may not be Realtors(TM)) are not bankers.

12 January 2016 | 7 replies
@Bill Mcdonald Here are some of the similarities and differences between a self-directed IRA and a self-directed solo 401k:The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k Similarities Both were created by congress for individuals to save for retirement;Both may be invested in alternative investments such as real estate, precious metals tax liens, promissory notes, private company shares, and stocks and mutual funds, to name a few;Both allow for Roth contributions;Both are subject to prohibited transaction rules;Both are subject to federal taxes at time of distribution;Both allow for checkbook control for placing alternative investments;Both may be invested in annuities;Both are protected from bankruptcy creditors;Both are prohibited from investing in assets listed under I.R.C. 408(m); andNeither may be directly invested in your own business startup The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k DifferencesIn order to open a solo 401k, self-employment, whether on a part-time or full-time basis, is required;To open a self-directed IRA, self-employment income is not required;In order to gain IRA checkbook control over the self-directed IRA funds, a limited liability company (self-directed IRA LLC) must be utilized;The solo 401k allows for checkbook control outside the LLC;The solo 401k allows for personal loan known as a solo 401k plan If you borrow from your own IRA, it will be deemed a taxable distribution;Unlike an IRA, a Solo 401k can invest in life insurance;The solo 401k allow for high contribution amounts (for 2015; the solo 401k contribution limit is $53,000, whereas the self-directed IRA contribution limit is $5,500);The solo 401k business owner can serve as trustee of his or her solo 401k;The self-directed IRA participant/owner may not serve as trustee or custodian of his or her IRA; instead, a trust company or bank institution is required;Unlike an IRA, generally when distributions commence from the solo 401k a mandatory 20% of federal taxes must be withheld from each distribution and submitted electronically to the IRS by the 15th of the month following the date of each distribution;Rollovers and/or transfers from IRAs or qualified plans (e.g., former employer 401k) to a solo 401k are not reported on Form 5498, but rather on Form 5500-EZ, but only if the air market value of the solo 401k exceeds $250K as of the end of the plan year (generally 12/31);When funds are rolled over or transferred from an IRA or 401k to a self-directed IRA, the amount deposited into the self-directed IRA is reported on Form 5498 by the receiving self-directed IRA custodian, generally by May of the year following the rollover/transfer.Rollovers (provided the 60 day rollover window is satisfied) from an IRA to a Solo 401k or self-directed IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b of Form 1040;Pre-tax IRA contributions on reported on line 32 of Form 1040;Pre-tax solo 401k contributions are reported on line 28 of Form 1040;Roth solo 401k funds are subject to RMDs;A Roth 401k may be transferred to a Roth IRA--from a planning perspective, it may be advantageous to transfer Roth Solo 401k funds to a Roth IRA before turning age 70 ½ in order to escape the Roth 401k RMD requirement;Roth IRA funds are not subject to requirement minimum distributions (RMDs);The fair market value (FMV) of assets held in a self-directed IRA is reported on form 5498;The fair market value of assets held in a solo 401k are reported on Form 5500-EZ;At termination, the solo 401k is required to file a final Form 5500-EZ and 1099-R; andAt termination, the self-directed IRA is only required to file a form 1099-R.

4 September 2018 | 20 replies
For example: (a) RMD calculations and (b) the amount of taxable income created by the distribution.

6 October 2014 | 36 replies
The owner could do that, but it triggers a taxable event and the funds might well be better used to retire the debts of the corporation.

13 January 2011 | 4 replies
Your money is made in VOLUME.That being said, I am happy with my current strategy of buying units within a taxable/cash account and buying notes within my Roth IRA.

18 February 2017 | 4 replies
Your net taxable income is subject the tax rates.

14 October 2014 | 14 replies
Almost every bank will do this loan with 20 min signature, NO credit checks, and the interest is incredibly low (normally a +3% margin from what they are paying on the deposited money, now 0.001% in most banks)Advantages: No credit reporting, Not a taxable event, great on the balance sheet for your operations and net worth, access to preferred banking private banking rates for other products, useful as a score card for returns, built in emergency margin of 10% due to the 90% LTV banks use, etc.Disadvantages: Large Liquidity needed, deposited funds at -2%+margin loss of value due to inflation (if at all), It's the absolute lowest form of leverage financing IF you happen to have $100k you can park for 18 months, why $100k and not $70k?

30 May 2022 | 1 reply
I have some stocks in a taxable investment account.

26 February 2018 | 4 replies
My taxable income is about $15,000.