Jamie Is Terminally Ill and Does Not Expect to Live

question 108

Essay

Jamie is terminally ill and does not expect to live much longer. Pondering the consequences of her estate, she decides how to allocate her property to her nephews. She makes a gift of depreciated property (i.e., adjusted basis exceeds fair market value) to Will, a gift of appreciated property (i.e., fair market value exceeds adjusted basis) to Jim, and leaves appreciated property to Sam in her will. Each of the properties has the same fair market value. From an income tax perspective, which nephew is her favorite?

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Definitions:

Factory Overhead

The indirect costs related to manufacturing, including utilities, maintenance, and salaried staff expenses that cannot be directly traced to specific units produced.

Machine Hours

A measure of production time, calculated by counting the number of hours that machinery is operating in the production of goods.

Raw Materials

The basic substances or components that are processed or combined to manufacture finished goods.

Journalize

The process of recording financial transactions in a company’s accounting records, or journal, in chronological order.