Bill inherited an apartment building from his mother when she died. The mother h
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Bill inherited an apartment building from his mother when she died. The mother had a tax basis of $3,000,000 for the apartment building when she died and the apartment building was worth $6,200,000 at the time of her death. It was worth $6,300,000 six months after his mother’s death. His mother had owned the apartment building for 12 years. Bill sells the apartment building 9 months later for $6,500,000. He had deducted depreciation of $49,000.
i)What is the amount of Bill’s recognized gain or loss?
ii)Is the recognized gain or loss short term or long term? Discuss why.
Explanation / Answer
As the apartment building is inherited transferred to the Bill from his mother.
i) Bill's recognized gain of amount = $6,500,000 - tax basis $3,000,000 + $49000 = $3,549,000
ii) The recognized gain is the long term because Bill got the apartment building as an inheritent transfer from his mother and the mother had owned the apartment building for 12 years. So, the term of oweing the property for Bill is the same as of his mother.
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