For South Dakota Landowners
Defer the tax.
Keep the south dakota land legacy.
Iron Ridge Advisors works with South Dakota ranchers, farmers, and landowner families to defer capital gains on land sales through Delaware Statutory Trusts.
South Dakota Capital Gains Reality
Selling appreciated cattle range and cropland land in South Dakota? Here's the tax math.
Combined federal capital gains, depreciation recapture, and South Dakota's state capital gains rate of 0% (no state income tax) can hand 30 to 40% of your sale proceeds to taxes.
South Dakota has no state income tax, so there is no state capital gains tax on a land sale. Federal capital gains, NIIT, and depreciation recapture still apply, typically 25 to 28% of the gain on a long held ranch.
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
Brown · Beadle · Spink · Hughes · Pennington · Meade · Brookings
South Dakota Landowner Brochure
Get the DST guide for South Dakota families.
Plain-English breakdown of how a DST works for South Dakota landowners, who it fits, and what to ask before you sell.
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