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McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals 3rd Edition by Brian Spilker,Benjamin Ayers,John Robinson,Edmund Outslay ,Ronald Worsham,John Barrick,Connie Weaver

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0077328368
book McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals 3rd Edition by Brian Spilker,Benjamin Ayers,John Robinson,Edmund Outslay ,Ronald Worsham,John Barrick,Connie Weaver cover

McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals 3rd Edition by Brian Spilker,Benjamin Ayers,John Robinson,Edmund Outslay ,Ronald Worsham,John Barrick,Connie Weaver

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0077328368
Exercise 19
George bought the following amounts of Stock A over the years:
George bought the following amounts of Stock A over the years:    On October 12, 2011, he sold 1,200 of his shares of Stock A for $38 per share. a.How much gain/loss will George have to recognize if he uses the FIFO method of accounting for the shares sold b.How much gain/loss will George have to recognize if he specifically identifies the shares to be sold by telling his broker to sell all 750 shares from the 5/22/2001 purchase and 450 shares from the 11/21/1986 purchase On October 12, 2011, he sold 1,200 of his shares of Stock A for $38 per share.
a.How much gain/loss will George have to recognize if he uses the FIFO method of accounting for the shares sold
b.How much gain/loss will George have to recognize if he specifically identifies the shares to be sold by telling his broker to sell all 750 shares from the 5/22/2001 purchase and 450 shares from the 11/21/1986 purchase
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