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What Are the Benefits of Opportunity Tax Zones?

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Stacy Jordan
What Are the Benefits of Opportunity Tax Zones?

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA, was approved by Congress to encourage investment in economically distressed areas and low-income neighborhoods around the country. In San Antonio, Texas, the first Opportunity Zones were developed. Capital gains can be postponed and decreased when invested in Qualified Opportunity Zones, according to this legislation.

Opportunity Zone Funds have the potential to offer investors significantly higher returns than typical investments, especially if they are in it for the long haul, 10 years or more. It's appealing to be able to postpone and use capital gains to expand your portfolio, and investing in up-and-coming markets may provide its benefits.

Opportunity Zone Funds: 

Opportunity Zone Funds are investment vehicles that invest 90% or more of their assets in eligible Opportunity Zone real estate, companies, trusts, or partnerships. Cash investments into designated Opportunity Zones allow investors to preserve investment capital in the short term while also paying less money to the federal government from their long-term profits.

An investor realizes a capital gain (profit) when they sell an asset that has increased in value, such as stock in a business, real estate, or other investment vehicles, and this generates a tax burden that the investor must pay to the IRS. However, like the 1031 bill, investors can replace and delay this taxable event by investing the capital gains into an Opportunity Zone Fund. In doing so, you now have more capital working for you than if you pay the capital gain tax, and this might result in a higher return on your investment.

You can postpone paying capital gains taxes until December 31, 2026, or until you sell your investment, whichever comes first if you shift realized capital gains into a qualified Opportunity Zone Fund within 180 days of the asset sale. Deferring your tax due allows you to invest more money into the market for a longer period. Rather than paying taxes, you may put that money into new initiatives and get a higher return.

Investment Timings:

A step-up basis allows you to decrease your capital gains tax obligation by ten percent if you keep your Opportunity Zone Fund investment for five years before December 31, 2026. You can decrease your deferred capital gains obligation by another 5% if you prolong your holding term by another two years. Holding an Opportunity Zone Fund investment for seven years before the end date of December 2026 can decrease your deferred capital gains tax obligation by a total of 15%.

Holding your Opportunity Zone Fund investment for an additional three years beyond the end date, for a total of ten years, will result in no capital gains taxes or appreciation on your original investment. The zero-dollar tax payment is because earnings from Opportunity Zone Funds are eligible for a permanent exclusion from capital gains taxes if held for 10 years.

Conclusion: 

If you want to invest for the long term, Opportunity Zone investment possibilities allow you to leverage and utilize cash that would otherwise be taxed both before and after your investment to generate very high returns. The option to delay and employ capital gains to build your portfolio may be a very strong instrument for increasing your net worth and real estate portfolio value.



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