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Terry owns land that she acquired three years ago as an investment for $250,000. Because the...

  1. Terry owns land that she acquired three years ago as an investment for $250,000. Because the land has not appreciated in value as she had anticipated, she sells it to her brother, Chris, for its fair market value of $180,000. Chris sells the land two years later for $240,000. What are the tax consequences for Terry and Chris?

  1. Sam and Fran are married with 3 dependent children. They file a joint return in 2020. Their salaries totaled $175,000. They earned taxable interest income of $3,600. Fran received a cash gift from her parents of $10,000. Sam inherited stock from his uncle. At the time of his uncle's death the stock was valued at $20,000. The uncle's original cost basis was $12,000. Sam sold the stock for $23,000 on December 30th and received the proceeds on Jan. 2nd. What is Sam and Fran's tax liability?

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1.Terry has incurred longterm loss of (250000-180000)=$7000. the maximum allowed deduction allowed will be $3000. and balance brought forward loss would be $4000. for Chris taxable long term capital gain would be ( 240000-180000) $6000.

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SAM AND FRAN INCOME
salaries $175,000.00
interest income $3,600.00
long term capital gain $3,000.00
AGI $181,600.00
less:
standard deduction $24,800.00
tax credit for child $2000 $6,000.00
per child 2000*3
Taxable income $150,800.00
TAX LIABILITY (150800-3000)= $147,800 (9235+(147800-80250)*0.22) $24,096.00
LONG TERM CAPITAL GAIN TAX=.15*$3000 450
TOTAL TAX LIABILITY OF Sam and FRAN $24,546.00
long term capital gain of $ 3000 would be taxed separately
note: cash gift parents $10000 would be exempt. When Sam inhertited stock gain on inheritance $8000 (20000-12000) is exmept. Long term capital gain on stock (23000-20000) 3000 would be taxable in DEC

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