Bill Introduced to Increase Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate

On Thursday, April 30th, two senior members of the House Ways and Means Committee, Kevin Brady, R-Tex., and Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., reintroduced legislation, the Real Estate Investment and Jobs Bill of 2015 (HR 2128), that would remove a 1980s era tax provision that discourages foreign investment in U.S.

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Action Needed to Ensure Tax Compliace with FIRPTA

According to new audit report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), current IRS procedures are insufficient to ensure that all foreign seller real estate transactions subject to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (FIRPTA) are in fact compliant with FIRPTA.

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