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Tax Implications of Lease/Options
by William Bronchick & Robert Dahlstrom
There are some interesting and lucrative advantages of using options as both an optionor and optionee of real estate. Generally speaking, option money is not taxable to the optionor until the option is exercised, expires or is abandoned. I.R.C. Section 1234 (subject to "dealer" rules, discussed below). If it expires or is abandoned, it is taxable to the seller as ordinary income at the time it expires or is abandoned.
A personal residence sold under lease/option may still qualify for capital gains exemption. Under the 1997 Tax Reform Act, gains from the sale of a personal residence seller are exempt so long as the gain is less than $250,000 ($500,000 for married couple). So long as the lease was...
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