The formula below shows the calculation of the profit from a 1031 exchange:
Sale Price - Debt - Cost of Sale = Exchange Proceeds
Debt - new debt = boot
Exchange proceeds - down payment = boot
Boot + boot = total boot
If exchange proceeds are equal to or less than the down payment on the replacement property, boot is zero. If the debt on the replacement property is greater than or equal to the debt on the replacement property, boot is zero. But if the down payment and/ or debt on the replacement property are lower, the differences that appear to be in your favor are taxable boot.
Mortgage on relinquished property - Mortgage on replacement property - Additional cash paid by you towards the new property (not including money invested from the sale of your old property) = Net boot received (Not less than zero)
Net boot received + any cash received by you in the exchange = Boot received
Terminologies:
Boot - it refers to any non-like-kind property that is exchanged.
Sale Price – it is the sale price or consideration in the deed, the fair market value on the affidavit in the deed or the projected consideration.
Debt - is that which is owed; usually referencing assets owed, but the term can cover other obligations. In the case of assets, debt is a means of using future purchasing power in the present before a summation has been earned.
Cost of Sale – the total spent for a sale.
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