An Individual Has the Following Recognized Gains and Losses from Disposition

question 2

Multiple Choice

An individual has the following recognized gains and losses from disposition of § 1231 assets (all the assets were vacant land) : $15,000 gain, $10,000 loss, $25,000 gain, and $2,000 loss. The individual has a $5,500 § 1231 lookback loss. The individual also has a $16,000 net short-term capital loss from the disposition of stock. Which of the following statements is correct?

• A) The taxpayer has $5,500 ordinary gain and $6,500 net long-term capital gain.
• B) The taxpayer has $12,000 net long-term capital gain.
• C) The taxpayer has $28,000 ordinary gain and $16,000 net short-term capital loss.
• D) The taxpayer has $5,500 ordinary loss and $6,500 net long-term capital gain.
• E) None of the above.

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Definitions:

Salvage Value

The appraisal of an asset’s market price at the exhaustion of its operational time.

Depreciation Rates

The percentage at which an asset's value is reduced to account for wear and tear over its useful life.

Units-of-activity Method

A depreciation method that allocates the cost of an asset over its useful life based on units of production or use, rather than passage of time.

Straight-line Method

A method of calculating depreciation by evenly allocating the cost of an asset over its estimated useful life.