As a savvy investor, you know that there’s a time to buy and a time to sell. But what’s your exit strategy when it comes to selling one of your high-dollar, highly appreciated assets such as your business, a real estate investment, or even your personal residence?
Deferred Sales Trust
Guide To Structuring — and Restructuring — the Repayment Terms of Your DST Installment Note
If you’ve been reading the various blogs and information pages on our Reef Point website, you already know that when you utilize the Deferred Sales Trust (DST) strategy to sell one of your highly appreciated assets, you pay no immediate capital gains tax because you have not actually or constructively received any capital gains on your sale.
Webinar Replay: How the DST Helps Business Brokers Mitigate Tax Impact
Business Brokers are an invaluable resource for anyone looking to sell or buy a private business. From a seller’s perspective, it is often said that an experienced Business Broker will help you get your deal done and significantly increase the deal value due to their specialized training.
DST Trustee and Reef Point’s CEO, Greg Reese, interviews Matt Manavi MBA, CEO of Transworld Business Advisors of Orange. They provide an overview of the Business Broker’s responsibilities and the best options available to reduce tax impact for clients; CRTs, Opportunity Zones or Deferred Sales Trust.
DST Considerations and Concerns
When you wish to sell one of your high-dollar, highly appreciated assets, one of your main concerns likely is the amount of long-term capital gains taxes you will have to pay. This is where the Deferred Sales Trust (DST) can solve your problem. Using this tax-saving strategy, you can sell your asset with no immediate capital gains liability. Instead, any capital gains taxes you owe can be deferred almost indefinitely.
What Is the Timetable For Beginning the DST Process?
When people call Reef Point with questions about the Deferred Sales Trust (DST) and whether this unique, proprietary tax strategy may be right for them when they sell a highly appreciated asset, one question they frequently ask is: How much lead time do I need to give the Estate Planning Team to construct my own DST?