Sidney, a Calendar Year Taxpayer, Owns a Building (Adjusted Basis

question 104

True/False

Sidney, a calendar year taxpayer, owns a building (adjusted basis $450,000) in Columbus, OH, in which he conducts his retail computer sales business. The building is destroyed by fire on December 12, 2017, and two weeks later he receives insurance proceeds of $600,000. Due to family ties, Sidney decides to move to Columbia, SC. He reinvests all of the insurance proceeds in a building in Columbia where he opens a retail computer sales business on April 2, 2018. By electing § 1033, Sidney has no recognized gain and a basis in the new building of $450,000 ($600,000 cost - $150,000 postponed gain).

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Transfer Price

The price at which divisions of a company transact with each other, used for the transfer of goods and services within an organization.

Market Price

The current price at which an asset or service can be bought or sold in the marketplace, determined by the forces of supply and demand.

Marginal Cost

The financial implication of producing an extra unit of a product or service.

Downstream Division

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