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  Business Asset Exchange Advisor
September 2008   


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Stephen L. Robison, J.D., LL.M
Taxation and Business

GLOBAL CREDIT CRUNCH, SECURITIZATION OF CUSTOMER LOANS AND SECTION 1031 EXCHANGES

When the world gives you lemons, make lemonade.  Except for those individuals sleeping under a rock, the rest of the world is becoming more and more familiar with the credit crunch and how it is affecting the economy.

What was a key trigger of the credit crunchOne was the collapse of two Investment Banking Firms on Wall Street.

How do Investment Banking Firms workThese are financial institutions that: 

  1. Do not take deposits.
  2. Provide loans to borrowers without having deposits to provide a source of funds.
  3. Borrow from their clients or pledge securities lent by their customers to raise capital to lend funds.

Their “loan to capital ratio” was as high as 40:1, e.g., 40 dollars of loans to 1 dollar of capital.  As the pledged securities fell in value, the investment banks were forced to sell assets to raise cash to maintain their capital requirements.  The more they sold, the greater the loss on the assets.

How does this affect Businesses located on Main Street, USA?  After all, we don’t borrow from investment banking firms.  We borrow from Banks.  However, Banks also have limits on the amounts they can lend, based on the amount of capital and deposits they have on hand.  In the recent past, Main Street Banks multiplied the amount of loans they could make by bundling the loans they made and selling these loans to Investment Banking Firms on Wall Street.  Therefore, they could re-lend the same funds again and again.

The Problem.  With the demise of investment banking firms, Main Street Banks will be limited in the amount and number of loans they can make.  Therefore, businesses will be competing on fewer and fewer number of loans.  Capital-intensive Companies need credit to grow and expand.

The Solution.  Section 1031 Exchanges allow businesses that are selling any type of business asset, to reinvest the proceeds from the sale into similar assets without paying income taxes on the gains.  Proceed directly to GO and do not pay income taxes in today’s new version of Monopoly!

In other words, a Section 1031 Exchange is the only legal and tax preferred method to recycle the cash flow of the business from the sale of assets and reduce the borrowed funds that may be required to acquire new business assets.

We know that Section 1031 Exchanges are complicated.  We  know that it is easy to make mistakes and have to pay penalties and interest as well as taxes on a botched Exchange.  That is why we have an iron clad service guarantee to protect our Customers from Errors, Mistakes, Tax penalties and Interest.  We prepare your tax forms, provide a Tax Opinion and guide your staff and Advisors through the entire process from start to finish.  Let us Minimize your Taxes and Maximize your Cash. 

Steve Robison is a Board Certified Tax Attorney.  Through his company, Strategic Property Exchanges, LLC, he has assisted Advisors and Property Owners successfully navigate 1031 Exchanges of their Business Assets with the lowest possible tax impact and the greatest value for the parties involved over the past 18 years!


Upcoming Seminars

October 15, 2008
Lebanon, OH

Introduction to
Section 1031 Exchanges

11 a.m.-12 noon
Warren County Common Pleas Court
(513) 695-1309

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October 29, 2008 Indianapolis, IN

Advanced Section 1031 Exchanges-Event# 45618

8:30 a.m.-4:40 p.m.
www.nbi-sems.com

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November 5, 2008
St. Louis, MO
(near Clayton, MO)

Advanced Section 1031 Exchanges-Event# 45201
"Maximize Your Effectiveness during these
Advanced Property Transactions"

8:30 a.m. - 4:40 p.m.

www.nbi-sems.com

Contact SPE

Toll Free: 800-427-7212
Phone:  513-412-3481
Fax:  513-412-3482
Email:
steve@spe1031.com
Web site: www.spe1031.com

Strategic Property Exchanges: Our Seven Service Guarantees!

1. Exchange funds are fully insured
2. Unlimited consultation and tax planning
3. Protection with Errors and Omission insurance policy
4. Covered Tax opinion protects client and advisor
5. Complies with: Circular 230; FASB FIN 48; Section 6662; Schedule M-3; Sabanes Oxley 404
6. Advisor protection from IRS sanctions and penalties relating to Circular 230
7. IRS "audit-proof" auditing package included