Sarah Owned Land with a FMV of $150,000 (Adjusted Basis

question 1297

Essay

Sarah owned land with a FMV of $150,000 (adjusted basis $135,000) which is investment property (a capital asset). Sarah owned a second tract of land, a 1231 asset, with a FMV of $38,000 (adjusted basis $55,000). Both tracts were acquired in 2000 and condemned by the state this year. The state paid an amount equal to FMV. If there are no other transactions involving capital assets or 1231 assets, what is the amount that Sarah must report on her current year return?

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Definitions:

Encoding Specificity Principle

The theory that memory is improved when information available at encoding is also present at retrieval.

Sensory Store

A very short-term form of memory that allows individuals to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended.

Retrieval Cue

A trigger or stimulus that aids the recall of information from memory.

Long-Term Memory

The phase of memory responsible for the storage of information over extended periods, potentially as long as a lifetime.