Josh Purchases a Personal Residence for $278,000 but Subsequently Converts

question 49

Multiple Choice

Josh purchases a personal residence for $278,000 but subsequently converts the property to rental property when its FMV is $275,000.Assume depreciation of $65,000 has been deducted after conversion to rental use.If Josh sells the property for $280,000,his gain or loss will be

• A)$2,000 gain.
• B)$5,000 gain.
• C)$67,000 gain.
• D)$70,000 gain.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistical testing that assumes no effect or no difference and is tested against an alternative hypothesis.

Level Of Significance

The probability of making a Type I error when the null hypothesis is true as an equality.

Population Variances

A measure of the spread between numbers in a data set, showing how much each number differs from the mean of the population.

Test Statistic

A quantity derived from sample data used to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.