Resources to assist counsel for purchasers, sellers, and investors in understanding, negotiating, and closing a 1031 like-kind exchange of real estate. You can perform a 1031 exchange with foreign properties, so long as your relinquished and replacement properties are both located outside the United States., hereinafter referred to as. The following guide briefly explains the role certain types of trusts can play in a 1031 exchange and how the continuity of investment rule applies. To defer the payment of capital gains tax. Potential exchangers often seek to avoid capital gains tax. The capital gains tax becomes payable at the time of sale and the tax liability can't be rolled forward or deferred. Generally, if you make a likekind exchange, you are not required to recognize a gain or loss under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031. The volume of water in the basin is roughly 2.4×106 cubic kilometres (5.8×105 cubic miles).