Benny purchased $400,000 of Peach Corporation face value bonds for $320,000 on N

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Benny purchased $400,000 of Peach Corporation face value bonds for $320,000 on November 13, 2012. The bonds had been issued with $80,000 of original issue discount (OID), because Peach was in financial difficulty in 2012. On December 3, 2013, Benny sold the bonds for $283,000 after amortizing $1,000 of the original issue discount.

What are the nature and amount of Benny's gain or loss?

Benny has $ of Selectlong-term capital lossordinary lossshort-term capital lossItem 2 from the sale of the bonds.

Benny purchased $400,000 of Peach Corporation face value bonds for $320,000 on November 13, 2012. The bonds had been issued with $80,000 of original issue discount (OID), because Peach was in financial difficulty in 2012. On December 3, 2013, Benny sold the bonds for $283,000 after amortizing $1,000 of the original issue discount. What are the nature and amount of Benny's gain or loss? Benny has $ from the sale of the bonds.

Explanation / Answer

$320,000-$283,000=$37000+$1000=$38000 of long-term capital loss

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