Scott Bean Is a Computer Programmer and Incurred the Following

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Essay

Scott Bean is a computer programmer and incurred the following transactions last year. $$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | r | } \hline & { \begin{array} { c } \text { Sales } \\\text { Price }\end{array} } & { \text { Basis } } & \text { Purchased } & { \text { Sold } } \\\hline \text { Provo City Bonds* } & \$ 10,000 & \$ 5,000 & 11 / 1 / 2010 & 5 / 2 / 2014 \\\hline \text { Cisco Preferred Stock } & 25,000 & 6,000 & 7 / 15 / 2005 & 1 / 12 / 2014 \\\hline \text { Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Stock } & 14,000 & 10,000 & 7 / 1 / 2013 & 4 / 20 / 2014 \\\hline \text { Novell Common } & 2,000 & 10,000 & 2 / 12 / 2011 & 11 / 29 / 2014 \\\hline \text { IBM Stock } & 4,000 & 3,000 & 8 / 2 / 2002 & 5 / 2 / 2014 \\\hline \text { ABC Common } & 6,000 & 9,000 & 5 / 30 / 2012 & 10 / 20 / 2014 \\\hline & & & & \\\hline \text { Prior year ST Capital Loss Carryforward } & 5,500 & & & \\\hline \text { Prior year LT Capital Loss Carryforward } & 5,000 & & & \\\hline & & & & \\\hline { } ^ { * } \text { Purchased when originally issued by Provo } & & & & \\\text { City } & & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ What is the Net Short-Term Capital Gain/Loss reported on the 2014 Schedule D? What is the Net Long-Term Capital Gain/Loss reported on the 2014 Schedule D? What amount of capital gain is subject to the preferential capital gains rate?

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Definitions:

Supply-and-Demand

A fundamental economic model that describes how the price and quantity of goods and services are determined in a market based on the amount available (supply) and the desire to purchase (demand).

Equilibrium Output

The level of output where the quantity of goods or services producers are willing to supply equals the quantity consumers are willing to buy, resulting in market equilibrium.

Competitive Firm

A company that operates in a market where there are many buyers and sellers, and it has little control over the market price.

MC Curve

The graphical representation of how the cost to produce an additional unit of a good changes with the production volume.