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Olivia Sells Some Stock She Purchased Several Years Ago for $9,000

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Olivia sells some stock she purchased several years ago for $9,000 to her brother Jack for $12,000. One year later Jack sells the stock for $15,000. The tax consequences to Olivia and Jack are:
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 Olivia  Jack \begin{array}{cc}&\text { Olivia }& &&&\text { Jack }\\\end{array}
A) $3,000 gain $3,000 gain \begin{array}{ll}\$ 3,000 \text { gain } & &\$ 3,000 \text { gain } \\\end{array}
B) No gain or loss $6,000 gain \begin{array}{ll}\text {No gain or loss } & \$ 6,000 \text { gain } \\\end{array}
C)  No gain or loss $3,000 gain \begin{array}{ll}\text { No gain or loss } & \$ 3,000 \text { gain } \\\end{array}
D) $3,000 gain $6,000 gain \begin{array}{ll}\$ 3,000 \text { gain } && \$ 6,000 \text { gain } \\\end{array}
E)  No gain or loss  No gain or loss \begin{array}{ll}\text { No gain or loss } & \text { No gain or loss }\end{array}

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