A 1031 exchange gets its name from Section 1031 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, which allows you to avoid paying capital gains taxes when you sell an investment property and reinvest the proceeds from the sale within certain time limits in a property or properties of like-kind and equal or greater value.
A qualified intermediary (QI) or accommodator is a person or business who enters into a written exchange agreement with a taxpayer to: Acquire and transfer property given up, and. Acquire replacement property and transfer it to the taxpayer.
The Qualified Intermediary (QI) Program administers agreements between foreign entities, or foreign branches of certain U.S. entities, and the IRS regarding tax withholding and reporting requirements for certain U.S. source income.