Capital gains on land sale

Oct 14, 2007 5 Replies

I went into a joint venture with my brother on a land purchase about



15 years ago. We bought 200 acres for resale. It was cheap because it did not have access. The plan was to buy the access to the land and then buy the land which we did. Since it was my idea and i knew where the land was my brother agreed to put up all of the money and we would split the profit 50/50. To protect his investment we agreed to put the land in his name only. After we found a buyer he got greedy and decided to try and keep it all himself. It ended up in court and we are just now settling our dispute. In the settlement 80 acres are to be transfered to me. Now I have someone that wants to buy my 80 acres.

Can I claim capital gains on the sale of this land since i had a joint venture interest in it for the last 15 years? The joint venture interest has been filed at the clerk and recorders office all this time.



Er. Isn't this a question for your attorney or tax professional, instead of random people on the internet? For one thing, the situation sounds complicated enough that a definitive answer probably requires being familiar with all the details of the case. For another thing, when you ask for free legal help on the net, the answers you get are often worth approximately what you paid for them. :-P

-Sandra the cynic

I'm not familiar with the term "joint venture interest". Could be either not used in my State or that I am a bozo. In case there is someone else like me, how about explaining the term?

-HW "Skip" Weldon Columbia, SC

That would be fine a dandy if i was in the United States but I live in thailand. Since this is a place where people are coming for advice i thought there would be people that may have had similar experiences or the people handing out advice on investments would by semi qualified to do so.

Since this is a tax question, why not try posting at misc.taxes.moderated. You are more likely to run into tax pros there than here.

Dave

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