15
Mar
2023
Major Tax Increases Proposed in Biden’s 2024 Budget
Posted On March 15, 2023  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

President Joe Biden submitted his proposed fiscal year 2024 federal budget to Congress on March 9. It contains numerous tax increases that repeatedly failed to clear the House of Representatives and Senate even when these chambers were controlled by Democrats. But the president’s budget submission makes sense if you acknowledge that its primary purpose is as a political messaging document, meant to provide a contrast between his administration and Republicans in advance of the 2024 presidential election.

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18
Jan
2023
Return to the Hill: CL&LR 2023
Posted On January 18, 2023  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

In less than two weeks, NAIOP members and chapter local executives will be headed to Capitol Hill to meet with their elected representatives, senators and congressional staff. In so doing, they will be taking the opportunity to establish relationships with newly elected members of Congress; renew and deepen existing ties with incumbents; and talk to their elected officials about issues important to the commercial real estate industry.

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03
Jan
2018
CRE Priorities Fared Better than Expected Under Tax Reform
Posted On January 3, 2018  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

As 2018 gets underway, commercial real estate professionals are looking ahead to the next project or the next deal. But before we close the books on 2017, it’s worth a quick look back at the year’s major political story: tax reform. On Dec. 22, 2017, President […]

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21
Oct
2015
NAIOP Members and U.S. Presidential Politics
Posted On October 21, 2015  By Aquiles Suarez  And has No Comment

Last week, NAIOP held its Commercial Real Estate Conference 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At major meetings such as this one, NAIOP’s government affairs staff is often invited to update members on public policy issues affecting commercial real estate, and on politics in the United States. […]

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22
Jul
2015
Economic Study Shows Importance of Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges
Posted On July 22, 2015  By Aquiles Suarez  And has 2 Comments

Introduced in the 1920s, Section 1031 like-kind exchanges (named after IRS code section 1031) allow sellers of real estate properties to defer capital gains taxes if they invest the proceeds in other investment property. Like-kind exchanges are an important part of modern commercial real estate markets, […]

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