M Had Three Separate Casualties Involving Personal Use Property During

question 29

Multiple Choice

M had three separate casualties involving personal use property during the current year: M received insurance reimbursement as follows: $8,000 for damages to home; $700 for repair of car; and $5,000 for theft of silverware.Which of the following is not necessarily true concerning M's gains and losses?

• A)M must report each separate gain or loss as a gain or loss from the sale or exchange of a capital asset.
• B)M's personal casualty gain exceeds her personal casualty losses by $900.
• C)If M's personal casualty losses had exceeded her gain, then only so much of the net loss as exceeds 10 percent of A.G.I.could have been taken as an itemized deduction.
• D)M's personal casualty gains and/or losses are long-term.

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Definitions:

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