Your business has matured, or your real estate has appreciated, time to cash out and sell. It has taken a long time, and since you have held your shares or real estate for greater than one year, the gain qualifies for long-term capital gain taxation. A 15% federal tax rate; not bad!
Yet, 15% of a $10,000,000 gain is $1,500,000. With a $20,000,000 gain it is $3,000,000. That is an awful lot of money.
Tax shelters have been a bad word since legislation was designed to eliminate what was considered abusive. From the sweeping language of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Pub L. 99-514, tax shelters were, in essence, wiped out and became the equivalent of a 4-letter word in tax planning.
But are tax shelters really gone?
Haven’t there been cases where the IRS has alleged that certain devises are still abusive tax shelters?
Welcome to Puerto Rico—a 3,000-plus square-mile tax haven where US residents can enjoy zero capital gains tax and tax-free dividends on their investments and business distributions (Act 22)…
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Early adopter Justin M. Sullivan traded Stamford, Conn., for Old San Juan in December 2012. Initially, he came to Puerto Rico in search of tax breaks, but then fell in love with the laid back ways and culture of San Juan’s Old City…
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