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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I think the HELOC is not a problem, because it’s not a refinance. That is not a guarantee that DOR won’t question it, however. But even if they did question it, I think the children would win the challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Analysis:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WAC 458-61A-103 says the concern is “underlying debt” where grantee “relieves grantor” from the debt burden. The HELOC was not ever a debt burden to the grantor parents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WAC 458-61A-201(4) says a rebuttal presumption that the gift was a concealed sale is only if there is a “refinance” which by definition means a prior debt that the grantee did not previously assume and had
tried to claim that grantor was continuing to pay. Compare to subsec. (3). Since grantee children are going to pay on the loan and will pay the REET at the time of the transaction on the basis of the loan amount they are assuming, there is no gift exemption
to reverse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The only scenario I see where the HELOC might be a problem is if the children took it out and paid the money to the parents. THEN that looks like additional consideration to the parents on which REET should
have been paid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Because of the possibility of that scenario, it’s conceivable that DOR will question the HELOC. But upon proof that the money is going into improvements and not to the parents, I think (hope) they would recognize
it’s not an evasion of paying REET.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eric<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eric C. Nelsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sayre Law Offices, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:eric@sayrelawoffices.com"><span style="color:#467886">eric@sayrelawoffices.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Randy Boyer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 8, 2024 2:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Real Property Listserve <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] REETA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Listmates<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Parents want to add two children to title to the home property. The children will start making payments on the existing loan and pay REET on the balance assumed. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The wrinkle is that they want to get a HELOC loan after the gift within six month to improve the existing home. They will not be paying off the existing loan at that time. Will the HELOC cause DOR to claim it is like a refinance seeking
additional REET is due, penalties and interest.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Randy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#004B85">Randy M. Boyer ______</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
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