For Iowa Landowners
Defer the tax.
Keep the iowa land legacy.
Iron Ridge Advisors works with Iowa ranchers, farmers, and landowner families to defer capital gains on land sales through Delaware Statutory Trusts.
Iowa Capital Gains Reality
Selling appreciated corn and soybean farmland land in Iowa? Here's the tax math.
Combined federal capital gains, depreciation recapture, and Iowa's state capital gains rate of Low flat rate (about 3.8 to 3.9%) can hand 30 to 40% of your sale proceeds to taxes.
Iowa now taxes income, including capital gains, at a low flat rate as it completes its move to a flat tax. Retired farmers who meet the state's requirements may qualify for a capital gains exclusion. Federal capital gains, NIIT, and depreciation recapture still apply on top, commonly 25 to 28% of the gain.
A 1031 exchange into a Delaware Statutory Trust defers all of that. Your proceeds roll into a fractional ownership share of professionally managed institutional real estate. The IRS waits. You collect the structured benefits of passive ownership without the tenants, fences, or fuel bills.
Counties We Work In
Kossuth · Pottawattamie · Sioux · Plymouth · Webster · Carroll · Benton
Iowa Landowner Brochure
Get the DST guide for Iowa families.
Plain-English breakdown of how a DST works for Iowa landowners, who it fits, and what to ask before you sell.
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