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Lisa Sells Some Stock She Purchased Several Years Ago for $10,000

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Lisa sells some stock she purchased several years ago for $10,000 to her brother Bart for $8,000. One year later Bart sells the stock for $12,000. The tax consequences to Lisa and Bart are:
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 Lisa  Bart \begin{array}{cc}&&\text { Lisa }&&&& \text { Bart }\end{array}
A) $2,000 loss $4,000 gain \begin{array}{ll}\$ 2,000 \text { loss } &&& \$ 4,000 \text { gain } \\\end{array}
B)  No gain or loss $4,000 gain \begin{array}{ll}\text { No gain or loss } & \$ 4,000 \text { gain } \\\end{array}
C)  No gain or loss $2,000 gain \begin{array}{ll}\text { No gain or loss } & \$ 2,000 \text { gain } \\\end{array}
D) $2,000 gain  No gain or loss \begin{array}{ll} \$ 2,000 \text { gain } && \text { No gain or loss } \\\end{array}
E) $2,000 loss $2,000 gain \begin{array}{ll} \$ 2,000 \text { loss } &&& \$ 2,000 \text { gain }\end{array}

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