Exam 5: Property Transactions: Capital Gains and Losses

Five different capital gain tax rates could apply to long-term capital assets sold by noncorporate taxpayers.

On January 1 of this year,Brad purchased 100 shares of stock at $4,000.By December 31 of this year,the stock had declined in value to $2,200,but Brad still held the shares.Brad has realized a $1,800 loss for tax purposes this year.

Monte inherited 1,000 shares of Corporation Zero stock from his father who died on March 4 of the current year.His father paid $30 per share for the stock on September 2,2005.The FMV of the stock on the date of death was $50 per share.On September 4 this year,the FMV of the stock was $55 per share.The executor did not elect the alternate valuation date.Monte sold the stock for $65 per share on December 3.What is the amount and nature of any gain or loss?

Net long-term capital gains receive preferential tax treatment if they exceed net short-term capital losses.

The taxable portion of a gain from qualified small business stock is taxed at a top tax rate of

Maya expects to report about $2 million of AGI and $1.7 million of taxable income.Her AGI is composed of $1.25 million of salary,and the balance is investment income.Maya is thinking about selling some stock before year-end.She purchased the stock three years ago and expects to recognize a $500,000 gain.How much federal tax will she pay in total on the stock gain?

David gave property with a basis of $133,000 to Hannah when the property had a FMV of $100,000 and paid gift taxes of $8,000.If Hannah later sells the property for $140,000,Hannah's basis (to determine gain) in the property immediately before the sale is

Billy and Sue are married and live in Texas,a community property state.They jointly own real property with an adjusted basis of $200,000.When the property has a FMV of $450,000,Billy dies leaving all of the property to Sue.If she later sells the property for $650,000,what is Sue's gain on the sale?

Empire Corporation purchased an office building for $500,000 cash on April 1.Prior to renting it out to tenants on July 1,Empire spent $200,000 on materials and labor to renovate the property.It funded $50,000 of the renovation cost with its own funds and borrowed the remaining $150,000.As of July 1,$2,000 of interest had been paid to the bank,but none of the principal had been repaid.The basis of the building on July 1 is

Sachi is single and has taxable income of $33,000 without considering the sale of a capital asset in November of 2017 for $15,950.That asset was purchased six years earlier and has a tax basis of $5,000.The tax liability applicable to only the capital gain is

Which one of the following does not affect the adjusted basis of a house held as rental property?

Brad owns 100 shares of AAA Corporation with a basis of $6,000 and a FMV of $24,000.Brad receives 15 stock rights as a nontaxable distribution with a total FMV of $6,000.Brad allows the stock rights to expire.Brad's loss recognized and the basis of the original 100 shares after expiration of the stock rights is

Mr.Dennis purchased a machine for use in his business.Mr.Dennis' costs in connection with this purchase were as follows: What is the amount of Mr.Dennis' basis in the machine?

Dale gave property with a basis of $16,000 to Sarah when it had a FMV of $12,000.No gift taxes were due.Sarah later sold the property for $22,000 resulting in a recognized gain of

Terrell and Michelle are married and living in New York,which is a not a community property state.They jointly own property with an adjusted basis of $240,000.On December 2 of this year,Michelle died when the property had a fair market value of $260,000.Terrell's basis in the property after Michelle's death is

Kathleen received land as a gift from her grandfather.At the time of the gift,the land had a FMV of $105,000 and an adjusted basis of $85,000 to Kathleen's grandfather.The grandfather did not have any gift taxes due.One year later,Kathleen sold the land for $110,000.What was her gain or (loss) on this transaction?

Terra Corp.purchased a new enterprise software system and incurred the following costs: What is Terra Corp.'s basis in the software system?

Richard exchanges a building with a basis of $35,000,and subject to a liability of $25,000,for land with a FMV of $50,000 owned by Bill.Bill takes the building subject to the liability.What is the amount of Richard's realized gain?

In 2015,Toni purchased 100 shares of common stock in Blue Corporation for $5,280.In 2016,Blue declared a stock dividend of one share of its common stock for each 10 shares held.In 2017,Blue's common stock split 2-for-1 at a time when the FMV was $80 a share.What is Toni's basis in each of her shares of the Blue Corporation stock if both of the earlier stock dividends were tax-free?

Section 1221 of the Code includes a comprehensive list of assets properly classified as capital assets.