Definitions for "Tax-Free Exchange"
Keywords:  deferred, kind, exchange, section, gain
Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that certain exchanges of life insurance contracts, annuity contracts, and modified endowment contracts will generally not trigger a taxable gain as long as the owner is the same person under both contracts. Section 1031 of the code provides for like-kind exchanges of business or investment property.
A method of deferring capital gains tax by exchanging one piece of property held for investment or the production of income for another piece of property of like kind.
See Section 1031.