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Julio, a Nonresident Alien, Realizes a Gain on the Sale

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Julio, a nonresident alien, realizes a gain on the sale of commercial real estate located in Omaha. The real estate was sold to Mariana, Julio's cousin who is also a nonresident alien. Julio recognizes foreign-source income from the sale because his home country is not the U.S.


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Foreland Basin

A structural basin that forms adjacent to a mountain belt, typically filled with sediments eroded from the mountains.

Passive Margin

A tectonically inactive edge of a continent along which there is no significant volcanic or earthquake activity, typically characterized by a broad continental shelf.

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The act of pressing together; in geology, it refers to the stress applied to materials causing a decrease in volume or shortening.

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