Exam 13: Property Transactions: Determination of Gain or Loss, Basis Considerations, and Nontaxable Exchanges

Myrna's personal residence (adjusted basis of $100,000) was condemned, and she received a condemnation award of $80,000. Myrna used the condemnation proceeds to purchase a new residence for $90,000. What is her recognized gain or loss and her basis in the new residence?

Sidney, a calendar year taxpayer, owns a building (adjusted basis $450,000) in Columbus, OH, in which he conducts his retail computer sales business. The building is destroyed by fire on December 12, 2014, and two weeks later he receives insurance proceeds of $600,000. Due to family ties, Sidney decides to move to Columbia, SC. He reinvests all of the insurance proceeds in a building in Columbia where he opens a retail computer sales business on April 2, 2015. By electing § 1033, Sidney has no recognized gain and a basis in the new building of $450,000 ($600,000 cost - $150,000 postponed gain).

What is the difference between the depreciation (or cost recovery) allowed and the depreciation (or cost recovery) allowable and what effect does each have on the adjusted basis of property?

Lois received nontaxable stock rights with a fair market value of $6,000. The fair market value of the stock on which the rights were received is $24,000 (cost $14,000). Assume the rights are exercised by paying $32,000 plus the rights. Discuss how to calculate the basis of the old stock and the basis of the new stock.

A building located in Virginia (used in business) exchanged for a building located in France (used in business) cannot qualify for like-kind exchange treatment.

Expenditures made for ordinary repairs and maintenance of property are not added to the original basis in the determination of the property's adjusted basis whereas capital expenditures are added to the original basis.

Marsha transfers her personal use automobile to her business (a sole proprietorship). The car's adjusted basis is $30,000 and the fair market value is $16,000. No cost recovery had been deducted by Marsha, since she held the car for personal use. Determine the adjusted basis of the car to Marsha's sole proprietorship including the basis for cost recovery.

An involuntary conversion results from the destruction (complete or partial), theft, seizure, requisition or condemnation, or the sale or exchange under threat or imminence of requisition or condemnation of the taxpayer's property.

Define an involuntary conversion.

Ben sells stock (adjusted basis of $25,000) to his son, Ray, for its fair market value of $15,000. Ray gives the stock to his daughter, Trish, who subsequently sells it for $26,000. Ben's recognized loss is $0 and Trish's recognized gain is $1,000 ($26,000 - $15,000 - $10,000).

To be eligible to elect postponement of gain treatment for an involuntary conversion, what are the three tests for qualifying replacement property?

In determining the basis of like-kind property received, postponed losses are:

Bud exchanges a business use machine with an adjusted basis of $22,000 and a fair market value of $30,000 for another business use machine with a fair market value of $28,000 and $2,000 cash. What is Bud's recognized gain or loss?

Which of the following is correct?

Broker's commissions, legal fees, and points paid by the seller reduce the seller's amount realized.

Edward, age 52, leased a house for one year in Memphis with an option to buy as his personal residence. At the end of the lease, he purchased the house. He lived there for an additional 26 months before his employer transferred him to Tucson. Expecting to be in Tucson for 18 to 24 months, he rented the Memphis house for 18 months with an option to extend on a month to month basis for an additional 6 months. At the end of the 18-month period, Edward's employer offered him a permanent position in Tucson as branch manager. The tenant who had been occupying Edward's house in Memphis purchased it at the end of the 24­month extended lease period. Is Edward eligible to elect exclusion treatment under § 121?

An office building with an adjusted basis of $320,000 was destroyed by fire on December 30, 2014. On January 11, 2015, the insurance company paid the owner $450,000. The fair market value of the building was $500,000, but under the co-insurance clause, the insurance company is responsible for only 90 percent of the loss. The owner reinvested $410,000 in a new office building on February 12, 2015, that was smaller than the original office building. What is the recognized gain and the basis of the new building if § 1033 (nonrecognition of gain from an involuntary conversion) is elected?

What requirements must be satisfied to receive nontaxable exchange treatment under § 1031?

Melody's adjusted basis for 10,000 shares of Cardinal, Inc. common stock is $1,000,000. During the year, she receives a 5% stock dividend that is a nontaxable stock dividend. a. What is the amount of Melody's gross income? b. What is Melody's total basis for the stock? c. What is Melody's basis per share?

The surrender of depreciated boot (fair market value is less than adjusted basis) in a like-kind exchange can result in the recognition of loss.