Match Each Statement with the Correct Term Below

Multiple Choice

Match each statement with the correct term below.
-Basis

A) Begins on the day after acquisition and ends on the day of disposition.
B) The initial investment in an asset.
C) An asset's basis transfers from one owner to another.
D) The capital investment remaining in an asset at the date of its disposition.
E) Sales price less expenses of disposition.
F) A purchase of all of the assets of a business.
G) Amount realized is less than adjusted basis.
H) A purchase of all of the assets of a business by buying the stock of a corporation.
I) A term used to identify a situation in which an asset has a different basis for determining gain than for determining loss.
J) The date of death used to value a decedent's estate in the absence of any special election.
K) Six months after the date of death, used to value a decedent's estate when the executor of the estate makes election.
L) Amount realized is greater than adjusted basis.