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Investors & landlords
if it was a sale of a non-public company (not traded on any established securities market ), you may be able to use the installment sale method of reporting (form 6252) to delay reporting the gain for taxes until 2023
irc sec 453 IRS pubs 537 & 544
when property is sold at a gain. and at least one payment is made after the close of the tax year (of the sale), the installment method must be used unless you elect out. (you do this by not using form 6252) under the installment method. a portion of the gain is reported as each payment is received. the downside if the sales agreement does not provide for interest (at least the applicable federal rate) two rules for calculating imputed interest may apply. either IRC 1274 or 483. the imputed interest reduces the sales price
however, should it be deemed that you have constructively received the proceeds in 2022 though they won't hit your US bank account until 2023, you can't use the installment sale.
since this involves an overseas company and transaction, I can't provide any additional info. if you think the installment reporting would apply and you want to use it, confer with a tax pro. what you don't want is to use the installment sale method and have the IRS audit and say it doesn't qualify. then besides the taxes, there will be penalties and interest.