Feinstein & Partners specializes in providing advice to foreign investors on all tax and practical matters relating to foreign investment in U.S. real estate. Our experts will develop optimal investment and tax structures for investment in U.S. real estate that will enable our clients to meet their personal and business objectives. Such investment structures are designed to minimize, and in some cases even eliminate, the obligation to pay income and estate taxes associated with investments in U.S. real estate. Our services include:
- Structuring tax-efficient domestic and offshore real estate holding entities
- Creation of investment structures to minimize the federal, state and municipal income tax levied on the current operating income and gains on disposition of income generating property
- Ensuring compliance with federal, state and municipal tax laws
- Properly documenting and ensuring compliance with legal requirements in order to minimize the taxes withheld in connection with the sale of property, including the preparation of applications for a certificate of deduction of tax upon transfer of ownership (Withholding Certificates) to prevent over-withholding of tax upon transfer of the property
- Use of tax treaties to avoid double taxation
- Maintaining the investment structure’s legal documentation for the reporting year