Generally, the timing of when the income from a rental payment is reportable and when the expense of a rental payment is deductible depends on the taxpayer's method of accounting. If a taxpayer is on the accrual method of accounting, a deduction...

Some companies are defined by numbers; Hodges Ward Elliott is defined by principles...

Occupying a unique niche in the commercial real estate world is not easy, but part of San Francisco-based TriNet Corporate Realty Trust Inc.'s success is due to the fact that it found that niche and ran with it...

For the Institute of Real Estate Management, establishing professional partnerships with Eastern European countries has been a thoroughly beneficial endeavor. In doing so, IREM can develop new markets for its education, publications and programs...

The restructuring of debt is a transaction potentially fraught with tax consequences - and tax uncertainties. The Bankruptcy Tax Act of 1980 reworked many of the tax rules in this area, not only for bankrupt debtors, but also for solvent and...

In the early 1990s, in response to the collapse of the real estate capital markets, there was a tidal wave of synthetic lease capital flow from equipment financing to real estate. This flood of activity, which began with the Fortune 500, has also...

One of the ways corporations raise funds, increase earnings and enhance liquidity is by freeing capital tied up in their sometimes massive real estate holdings. When a higher rate of return can be generated from their primary businesses than from...

Landauer celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, but instead of resting on its laurels, it is embarking on an aggressive new growth strategy...

One major traditional reason for investing in commercial real estate was hedging against inflation, yet commercial properties performed abysmally as an inflation hedge in the early 1990s. Moreover, many observers think inflation is dead. Is...

We have come to expect that taxpayers and their advisers, on the one hand, and the Internal Revenue Service, on the other, will have differing views regarding various questions of tax law. Usually, each side can discern at least a kernel of...