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1- Lena is a sole proprietor. In April of this year, she sold equipment purchase

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Question

1- Lena is a sole proprietor. In April of this year, she sold equipment purchased four years ago for $26,000 with an adjusted basis of $15,500 for $17,000. Later in the year, Lena sold another piece of equipment purchased two years ago with an adjusted basis of $8,200 for $5,500. What are the tax consequences of these tax transactions?

Lena has Selecta:

(capital gain, a capital loss, an ordinary gain, an ordinary loss) of $_______ from the sale of the first equipment.

Lena has Selecta:

(§ 1231 gain, a § 1231 loss) of $_________ from the sale of the second equipment.

2- Jacob purchased business equipment for $56,000 in 2012 and has taken $35,000 of regular MACRS depreciation. Jacob sells the equipment in 2015 for $26,000. What is the amount and character of Jacob’s gain or loss?

If an amount is zero, enter "0".

Jacob has § 1245 gain of $__________  and § 1231 gain of $___________

3- Renata Corporation purchased equipment in 2013 for $180,000 and has taken $83,000 of regular MACRS depreciation. Renata Corporation sells the equipment in 2015 for $110,000. What is the amount and character of Renata’s gain or loss?

Renata Corporation has a Select: (§ 1245 gain, § 1231 gain, § 1245 loss, § 1231) loss of

$________ .

Explanation / Answer

1)

Lena has ordinary gain, of (17000-15500) = $ 1500 from the sale of the first equipment.

Lena has a § 1231 loss = (8200-5500) = $ 1700 from the sale of the second equipment

2)

Jacob has § 1245 gain of $ 0

§ 1231 gain of = (26000 - (56000-35000)

§ 1231 gain of = $ 5000

3)

Renata Corporation has a § 1231 gain of   = (110000 - (180000-83000))

Renata Corporation has a § 1231 gain of   = $ 13000