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Which of the following gains does not result solely in an ordinary gain or loss?


A) Sale of equipment held for less than a year.
B) Sale of inventory.
C) Sale of equipment where the gain realized exceeds the accumulated depreciation.
D) Sale of equipment where the accumulated depreciation exceeds the gain realized.
E) None of the choices are correct.

F) All of the above
G) None of the above

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Assets held for investment and personal use assets are examples of capital assets.

A) True
B) False

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Boot is not like-kind property involved in a like-kind exchange.

A) True
B) False

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The sale of machinery for more than the original cost basis (before depreciation) ,used in a trade or business,and held for more than one year results in the following types of gain or loss?


A) Capital and Ordinary.
B) Ordinary only.
C) Capital and §1231.
D) §1245 and §1231.
E) None of the choices are correct.

F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

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Which of the following is true regarding disallowed losses between related taxpayers?


A) The tax laws essentially treat related parties as the same taxpayer.
B) The holding period of the seller carries over to the buyer.
C) The related person always receives a carryover basis.
D) The seller's realized loss is deferred until the buyer sells the assets.
E) None of the choices are correct.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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Which of the following is not used in the calculation of the amount realized:


A) Cash.
B) Adjusted basis.
C) Fair market value of other property received.
D) Buyer's assumption of liabilities.
E) All of the choices are used.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Gainesville LLC sold the following business assets during the current year: (1)machinery,$20,000 cost basis,$4,000 depreciation,proceeds $22,000; (2)automobile,$15,000 cost basis,$12,000 depreciation,proceeds $7,000; (3)equipment,$15,000 cost basis,$10,000 depreciation,proceeds $4,000; (4)computer equipment,$35,000 cost basis,$16,000 depreciation,proceeds $15,000; (5)Winchester had unrecaptured §1231 losses of $5,000 in the prior 5 years.What is the amount and character of Winchester's gains and losses before the 1231 netting process?

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$8,000 ordinary gain and $3,000 §1231 lo...

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The sale of land held for investment results in the following type of gain or loss?


A) Capital.
B) Ordinary.
C) §1231.
D) §1245.
E) None of the choices are correct.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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Bateman Corporation sold an office building that it used in its business for $800,000.Bateman bought the building ten years ago for $600,000 and has claimed $200,000 of depreciation expense.What is the amount and character of Bateman's gain or loss?


A) $40,000 ordinary and $360,000 §1231 gain.
B) $200,000 ordinary and $200,000 §1231 gain.
C) $400,000 ordinary gain.
D) $400,000 capital gain.
E) None of the choices are correct.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Taxpayers can recognize a taxable gain on the sale of an asset even though an asset's real economic value has declined.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following may qualify as an installment sale?


A) Sale of inventory at a gain.
B) Sale of securities.
C) Sale of asset used in a business at a gain.
D) Land sold at a loss.
E) All of the choices qualify for installment sale treatment.

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Butte sold a machine to a machine dealer for $50,000.Butte bought the machine for $55,000 several years ago and has claimed $12,500 of depreciation expense on the machine.What is the amount and character of Butte's gain or loss?


A) $7,500 §1231 loss.
B) $5,000 §1231 loss.
C) $7,500 ordinary gain.
D) $7,500 capital gain.
E) None of the choices are correct.

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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Manassas purchased a computer several years ago for $2,200.On November 10ᵗʰ of the current year,the computer was worth $800.If $1,000 of depreciation deductions had been taken,what is Manassas' tax adjusted basis for the computer?

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$1,200.
The adjusted...

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All tax gains and losses are ultimately characterized as either ordinary or capital.

A) True
B) False

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The §1231 look-back rule applies whether there is a net gain or loss.

A) True
B) False

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Sandra sold some equipment for $10,000 in cash,$1,000 of office products,the buyer assumption of her $1,500 loan,and incurred selling expenses of $500.What is the Sandra's amount realized in the transaction?

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$12,000.
The amount realized i...

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Which of the following realized gains results in a recognized gain?


A) Farm machinery traded for farm machinery.
B) Sale to a related party.
C) Involuntary conversion.
D) Iowa cropland exchanged for a Minnesota warehouse.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What is the character of land used in an active trade or business for two years?


A) Capital.
B) Ordinary.
C) §1231.
D) Investment.
E) None of the choices are correct.

F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

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Which of the following is not true regarding §1239?


A) It only applies to related taxpayers.
B) It only applies to gains on sales of depreciable property.
C) It only applies to gains on sales of non-residential real property.
D) It does not apply to losses.
E) None of the choices are correct.

F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

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In a deferred like-kind exchange the like-kind property to be received must be identified within 45 days and acquired within 180 days from the initial exchange.

A) True
B) False

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