Question

During the current year, Ron and Anne sold the following assets: (Use the dividends and capital gains tax rates and tax rate schedules.)

Capital Asset	Market Value		Tax Basis		Holding Period
L stock	$	50,000	$	41,000	> 1 year
M stock		28,000		39,000	> 1 year
N stock		30,000		22,000	< 1 year
O stock		26,000		33,000	< 1 year
Antiques		7,000		4,000	> 1 year
Rental home		300,000*		90,000	> 1 year

Schedule Y-1-Married Filing Jointly or Qualifying Widow(er)

If taxable income is over:	But not over:	The tax is:
$          0	$ 19,750	10% of taxable income
$ 19,750	$ 80,250	$1,975 plus 12% of the excess over $19,750
$ 80,250	$171,050	$9,235 plus 22% of the excess over $80,250
$171,050	$326,600	$29,211 plus 24% of the excess over $171,050
$326,600	$414,700	$66,543 plus 32% of the excess over $326,600
$414,700	$622,050	$94,735 plus 35% of the excess over $414,700
$622,050	—	$167,307.50 plus 37% of the excess over $622,050

*$30,000 of the gain is 25 percent gain (from accumulated depreciation on the property).

Ignore the Net Investment Income Tax.

b. Given that Ron and Anne have taxable income of $400,000 (all ordinary) before considering the tax effect of their asset sales, what is their gross tax liability for 2020 assuming they file a joint return? (Round all your intermediate computations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Gross Tax Liability =

Answer 1

After analyzing below table, we can conclude that we have:

Long Term Capital Gain = $ 211,000

Short Term Capital Gain = $ 1,000

We will assume in Alternative Minimum tax is also not computed because required details is not given