Ahead of committee action in Congress this week on major infrastructure and economic legislation, the Mortgage Bankers Association and more than three dozen industry trade groups, as well as MBA’s grassroots advocacy arm, the Mortgage Action Alliance, urged senators and representatives to support and defend the real estate finance industry’s tax priorities.
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“Today, following years of careful legislating and regulatory rulemaking, section 1031 supports job growth, creates a ladder of economic opportunity for small businesses, cash-poor entrepreneurs, and farm, ranch, and forest owners, and constitutes an important tool for the environmental conservation of land for future generations.” –From an MBA/trade group letter to Congress urging lawmakers to preserve current law as it pertains to section 1031 real estate like-kind exchanges.
MBA Letters Oppose Proposed New York Mezzanine Debt/Preferred Equity Tax, Support Like-Kind Exchanges
The Mortgage Bankers Association weighed in to oppose a proposed New York tax and recording requirement for mezzanine debt and preferred equity and to support like-kind exchanges.