DST Tax Filing Deadline: What to Know
DST tax filings are a little different from other investments. The forms you receive from the DST sponsor aren’t standardized across DSTs. Depending on your entity type, there are different associated tax filing deadlines as well. We’ll cover what this means for you as a DST investor.
What is Alternative Asset Management?
Traditionally, investment portfolios have included stocks, bonds, and cash. The widely accepted MPT (Modern Portfolio Theory) expounded a mathematical framework for building a portfolio of stocks and bonds that maximizes expected return in accordance with an individual's acceptance of risk. Someone willing to accept more risk would choose a portfolio weighted toward stocks. For a risk-averse investor, the portfolio would contain more fixed-income products like bonds. The default weighting for a portfolio was long ago set at 60 percent stocks and 40 percent income. This division is notably successful over long periods, but other configurations can also be favorable.
How To Buy Into A Delaware Statutory Trust
Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) are legal entities created using Delaware Trust laws to simplify ownership of fractional property interests. DSTs offer several potential advantages to accredited investors, including low minimum investment requirements, tax-advantaged income, and the ability to enter and exit the investment using a 1031 exchange.
Can You Invest in a DST Without a 1031?
Rolling over proceeds from the sale of an investment property into a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) is one option for investors who need to complete their 1031 exchanges and benefit from the deferment of any capital gains tax liability generated on the disposition of their relinquished properties.
How Long Can You Carry Over Rental Losses?
No one goes into owning real estate with the idea that they might take a loss on it. But it can happen—issues like depreciation, unexpected repairs, or a sudden bump in interest rates that might impact your mortgage.
Using a Delaware Statutory Trust in Estate Planning
Estate planning is complex, particularly if many of your assets are in real estate. Determining an equitable division can be challenging if you are distributing real estate to a group of heirs. To devise a fair distribution, you must evaluate market value, asset performance, liquidity, geography, and more. If you bequeath one property to be shared by multiple heirs, you may unintentionally create conflict between the recipients.
Are REITs Considered Defensive Investments?
REITs (real estate investment trusts) come in all shapes and sizes. To ask if they are defensive is to ask a simple question that has a complex answer. However, we’ll break down this question and try to arrive at a simple conclusion.
What Are Income Replacement Strategies To Use When Your Clients Are Exit Planning?
Business owners ready to sell their business can often see a windfall of money. For some, this windfall might be plenty to live on during retirement. But others may want or need to find other income-generating strategies to replace their business income. In this article, we’ll review a few income replacement strategies for exit planning.
Is a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) a Pass-Through Entity?
Investors often have questions about tax considerations related to DSTs (Delaware Statutory Trusts), including whether these trusts are pass-through entities.
How to Activate Springing Power of Attorney
Some people rest easier knowing they are prepared for unexpected incidents that could leave them unable to take care of themselves. Others prepare for adverse conditions in their future as they age by creating an estate plan that includes a springing power of attorney.
