Download or read book Structuring Real Estate Joint Ventures with Private Real Estate Investment Trusts written by Scott L. Semer and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this portfolio is to provide a source of guidance to tax practitioners advising clients investing in U.S. real estate through or with a private REIT. It includes a discussion of the unique issues that a private REIT confronts in complying with the qualification requirements under the Code, including issues relating to forming the REIT and ensuring that the REIT earns qualifying income, while obtaining an ownership structure that serves the business objectives of the joint venture participants (including management of the property by a significant participant in the joint venture). It also addresses issues unique to UPREITs and DownREITs, issues that arise in taking a public REIT or UPREIT private, and issues presented in selling or otherwise exiting from a private REIT. In addition, it addresses the particular issues that arise for foreign investors, including withholding, the branch profits tax, issues under U.S. tax treaties, and issues for foreign governmental investors under [Section] 892 of the Code."--P. iii.