In 1997, Paige Paid $200,000 to Purchase a New Residence

question 1201

Essay

In 1997, Paige paid $200,000 to purchase a new residence. She paid a realtor $5,000 to help locate the house and paid legal fees of $3,000 to make certain that the seller had legal title to the property. Under the provisions of tax law in effect at the time of the purchase, she deferred a gain of $30,000 from the sale of a former residence in 1996. In 1999, she added a new porch to the house at a cost of $15,000 and installed central air conditioning at a cost of $12,000. Since purchasing the house, she has paid $2,000 in repairs. What is the adjusted basis of the home?

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Definitions:

Sum Squares Error (SSE)

A measure of the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model, calculated as the sum of the squared differences between each observation and its group's mean.

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

A statistical technique used to determine if there are significant differences between the means of three or more independent groups.

F-statistic

A value derived from an ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) test, used to determine if the means between two populations are significantly different.

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

A statistical method used to compare means of three or more samples.