Case B. Kapono Farms exchanged 100 acres of farmland for similar land. The farml
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Case B. Kapono Farms exchanged 100 acres of farmland for similar land. The farmland given had a book value of $500,000 and a fair value of $700,000. Kapono paid $50,000 cash to complete the exchange. The exchange has commercial substance. Required:
1. What is the amount of gain or loss that Kapono would recognize on the exchange? What is the initial value of the new land?
2. Repeat requirement 1 assuming that the fair value of the farmland given is $400,000 instead of $700,000.
3. Repeat requirement 1 assuming that the exchange lacked commercial substance.
4. Repeat requirement 4 and 5 in case A.
Explanation / Answer
A real estate agent has collected a random sample of 40 houses that were recently sold in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is interested in comparing the appraised value and recent selling price (in thousands of dollars) of the houses in this particular market. The values of these two variables for each of the 40 randomly selected houses are shown below.
House
Value
Price
House
Value
Price
1
140.93
140.24
21
136.57
135.35
2
132.42
129.89
22
130.44
121.54
3
118.30
121.14
23
118.13
132.98
4
122.14
111.23
24
130.98
147.53
5
149.82
145.14
25
131.33
128.49
6
128.91
139.01
26
141.10
141.93
7
134.61
129.34
27
117.87
123.55
8
121.99
113.61
28
160.58
162.03
9
150.50
141.05
29
151.10
157.39
10
142.87
152.90
30
120.15
114.55
11
155.55
157.79
31
133.17
139.54
12
128.50
135.57
32
140.16
149.92
13
143.36
151.99
33
124.56
122.08
14
119.65
120.53
34
127.97
136.51
15
122.57
118.64
35
101.93
109.41
16
145.27
149.51
36
131.47
127.29
17
149.73
146.86
37
121.27
120.45
18
147.70
143.88
38
143.55
151.96
19
117.53
118.52
39
136.89
132.54
20
140.13
146.07
40
106.11
114.33
House
Value
Price
House
Value
Price
1
140.93
140.24
21
136.57
135.35
2
132.42
129.89
22
130.44
121.54
3
118.30
121.14
23
118.13
132.98
4
122.14
111.23
24
130.98
147.53
5
149.82
145.14
25
131.33
128.49
6
128.91
139.01
26
141.10
141.93
7
134.61
129.34
27
117.87
123.55
8
121.99
113.61
28
160.58
162.03
9
150.50
141.05
29
151.10
157.39
10
142.87
152.90
30
120.15
114.55
11
155.55
157.79
31
133.17
139.54
12
128.50
135.57
32
140.16
149.92
13
143.36
151.99
33
124.56
122.08
14
119.65
120.53
34
127.97
136.51
15
122.57
118.64
35
101.93
109.41
16
145.27
149.51
36
131.47
127.29
17
149.73
146.86
37
121.27
120.45
18
147.70
143.88
38
143.55
151.96
19
117.53
118.52
39
136.89
132.54
20
140.13
146.07
40
106.11
114.33
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