Additional Rules For Identifying Replacement Property

If you identify more than three possible replacement properties, then you will be subject either to the 200% Rule and possibly to the 95% Rule.  The 200% Rule requires that the combined value of all of the properties you identify cannot exceed 200% of the sale price of your relinquished property.  If it does, then you will be subject to the 95% Rule, requiring you to close on the purchase of 95% of the combined value of the properties you identified (in most situations this will require that purchase every property you identified in order for your exchange to succeed).  You will not be subject to these two rules if you identify three or fewer replacement properties.

Guidance on describing replacement property for exchange identification purposes suggests it is identified only if it is described unambiguously and in writing. If you are buying an undivided interest as replacement property (instead of the whole property), you might consider identifying only the percentage of the property being acquired. Alternatively, you can describe the undivided interest as a dollar value instead of a percentage. Identifying undivided interests can be tricky and, if you will be doing it, it is a good idea to tell your QI before the 45-day deadline.

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