Classify the Gain or Loss on Each of George's Assets

question 106

Multiple Choice

Classify the gain or loss on each of George's assets listed below using the following codes. Note: a code may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
-George regularly invests unneeded business cash in Eli Lilly common stock.He has bought 200 shares of stock on May 1 of each year from 1983 through 2009.Because of an urgent need for cash,he sells 100 shares of the stock at an $850 gain on March 28,2013.Because the stock is held in a brokerage account,he did not have any paper shares of stock to surrender.He merely told his broker to sell 100 shares.

• A)Long-term capital
• B)Short-term capital
• C)Collectible gain
• D)Section 1231
• E)Section 1245
• F)Section 1250
• G)Ordinary income/loss
• H)Nontaxable/nondeductible

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