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Bradley T. Borden

2011

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Do Serial Exchangers Get Cash, With Extra Boot, Under New Letter Ruling?, Bradley T. Borden, Kelly E. Alton, Alan S. Lederman Mar 2011

Do Serial Exchangers Get Cash, With Extra Boot, Under New Letter Ruling?, Bradley T. Borden, Kelly E. Alton, Alan S. Lederman

Bradley T. Borden

Related-party exchanges raise the issue of improper extension of the Section 1031(a)(3) 45-day identification and 180-day exchange periods. Related-party exchanges also call into question the amount of boot a related party may receive without triggering an abusive cash-out. A recent letter ruling involving two sequential related-party Section 1031 exchanges makes these issues doubly evident.