Under the Terms of Their Divorce Agreement Executed in August

question 37

Multiple Choice

Under the terms of their divorce agreement executed in August of this year,Clint transferred Beta,Inc.stock to his former wife,Rosa,as a property settlement.At the time of the transfer,the stock had a basis to Clint of $55,000 and a fair market value of $68,000.Rosa subsequently sold the stock for $75,000.What is the tax consequence of first the stock transfer and then the stock sale to Rosa?

• A) \[\begin{array} {| l | l| }
• \hline\text { Rosa's Income } & \text { Rosa's Income } \\
• \text { From Stock Transfer } & \text { From Stock Sale } \\
• \hline \$ 0 & \$ 20,000 \text { capital gain } \\
• \hline
• \end{array}\]
• B) \[\begin{array} {| l | l| }
• \hline\text { Rosa's Income } & \text { Rosa's Income } \\
• \text { From Stock Transfer } & \text { From Stock Sale } \\
• \hline \$ 0 & \$ 7,000 \text { capital gain } \\
• \hline
• \end{array}\]
• C) \[\begin{array} {| l | l |}
• \hline\text { Rosa's Income } & \text { Rosa's Income } \\
• \text { From Stock Transfer } & \text { From Stock Sale } \\
• \hline \$ 13,000 & \$ 7,000 \text { capital gain } \\
• \hline
• \end{array}\]
• D) \[\begin{array} {| l | l |}
• \hline\text { Rosa's Income } & \text { Rosa's Income } \\
• \text { From Stock Transfer } & \text { From Stock Sale } \\
• \hline \$ 13,000 & \$ 20,000 \text { capital gain } \\
• \hline
• \end{array}\]

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