Welcome to video 5 in the series what does ferp the refunds do my name is Richard Kahn director and one of the experts here at the firm this video is comparing FERPA withholding to IRS tax huge difference available in our video section online at FERPA refunds com some foreign sellers think FERPA is a non-refundable flat 15% tax and do not file for refund they have three years to do so after a closing or disbursement before the statute of limitations runs out and the IRS can keep their money where they're withholding forever the 15% withholding is big money as we'll we'll see this is because the ferp that withholding is on the whole pie so to speak the full sale or disbursement amount on the other hand the actual IRS tax is only on the capital gains portion slice so to speak let's take a look at some examples here example one illustrates an exemption from withholding and tax completely it's a residential property purchased for personal use by a buyer who will occupy it at least 50% of the time each year for the next two years after closing it fits into the $300,000 or below properties and usage range example 2 is a residential use buyer occupancy scenario like the last example but here we see that the sale price is above the $300,000 minimum threshold and below the $1,000,000 maximum for this exception that ferp the withholding rate would be 10% in that range instead of the normal 15% so the property cost 400,000 it sold for 700,000 which is within the exception range commissions and improvements added 50,000 to the basis so it's 450 the profit is now 250 sold to a buyer who will occupy it full-time so the further exception...
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