1.Assume that Timberline Corporation has 2016 taxable income of $240,000 before the §179 expense.
Asset
Purchase Date
Basis
Furniture (7-year)
December 1
$350,000
Computer Equipment (5-year)
February 28
90,000
Copier (5-year)
July 15
30,000
Machinery (7-year)
May 22
480,000
Total
$950,000
a. What is the maximum amount of §179 expense Timberline may deduct for 2016? What is Timberlineâs §179 carryforward to 2017, if any?
b. What would Timberlineâs maximum depreciation expense be for 2016 assuming no bonus depreciation?
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2).]Hans runs a sole proprietorship. Hans (a single individual) reported the following net §1231 gains and losses since he began business:
Year
Net §1231 Gains/(Losses)
Year 1
($65,000)
Year 2
15,000
Year 3
0
Year 4
0
Year 5
10,000
Year 6
50,000
a.
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Kase, an individual, purchased some property in Potomac, Maryland, for $200,000 approximately 10 years ago. Kase is approached by a real estate agent representing a client who would like to exchange a parcel of land in North Carolina for Kaseâs Maryland property. Kase agrees to the exchange. The transaction qualifies as a like-kind exchange and the fair market value of each property is $675,000.
What is Kaseâs realized gain or loss,
Recognized gain or loss,
Basis in the North Carolina property in each of the following scenario?
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4) Russell Corporation sold a parcel of land valued at $500,000. Its basis in the land was $275,000. For the land, Russell received $0.00 in cash in year 0 and a note providing that Russell will receive $250,000 in year 1 and $250,000 in year 2 from the buyer.
a. What is Russellâs realized gain on the transaction?
b. What is Russellâs recognized gain in year 0, year 1, and year 2?
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5). Rayleen owns a condominium near Orlando, Florida. This year, she incurs the following expenses in connection with her condo:
Insurance
$1,250
Mortgage interest
7,000
Property taxes
2,100
Repairs and maintenance
800
Utilities
2,300
Depreciation
9,000
During the year, Rayleen rented the condo for 130 days and she received $25,000 of rental receipts. She did not use the condo at all for personal purposes during the year. Rayleen is considered to be an active participant in the property. Rayleen's AGI from all sources other than the rental property is $130,000. Rayleen does not have passive income from any other sources. What is Rayleen's AGI?
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6).]Careen owns a condominium near Newport Beach in California. This year, she incurs the following expenses in connection with her condo:
Insurance
$1,500
Mortgage interest
8,500
Property taxes
4,000
Repairs and maintenance
950
Utilities
1,900
Depreciation
5,500
During the year, Careen rented the condo for 90 days, receiving $20,000 of gross income. She personally used the condo for 50 days. Assuming Careen uses the IRS method of allocating expenses to rental use of the property. What is Careen's net rental income for the year?
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7). Darren (single) purchased a home on January 1, 2012 for $400,000. Darren lived in the home as his primary residence until January 1, 2014 when he began using the home as a vacation home. He used the home as a vacation home until January 1 2015 (he used a different home as his primary residence from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2015). On January 1, 2015, Darren moved back into the home and used it as his primary residence until January 1, 2016 when he sold the home for $500,000. What amount of the $100,000 gain Darren realized on the sale must he recognize for tax purposes in 2016?
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Bonus:
Moab [an unincorporated entity] manufactures and distributes high-tech biking gadgets. It has decided to streamline some of its operations so that it will be able to be more productive and efficient. Because of this decision it has entered into several transactions during the year.
Part (1) Determine the gain/loss realized and recognized in the current year for each of these events. Also determine whether the gain/loss recognized is §1231, capital, or ordinary. Construct a chart to show transactions and gains/loss in good format.
Moab sold a machine that it used to make computerized gadgets for $27,300 cash. It originally bought the machine for $19,200 three years ago and has taken $8,000 depreciation.
Moab held stock in ABC Corp. which had a value of $12,000 at the beginning of the year. That same stock had a value of $15,230 at the end of the year.
sold some of its inventory for $7,000 cash. This inventory had a basis of $5,000.
Moab disposed of an office building with a fair market value of $75,000 for another office building with a fair market value of $55,000 and $20,000 in cash. It originally bought the office building seven years ago for $62,000 and has taken $15,000 in depreciation.
Moab sold land it held for investment for $28,000. It originally bought the land for $32,000 two years ago.
Moab sold another machine for a note, payable in four annual installments of $12,000. The first payment was received in the current year. It originally bought the machine two years ago for $32,000 and had claimed $9,000 in depreciation expense against the machine.
Moab sold stock it held for eight years for $2,750. It originally purchased the stock for $2,100.
Moab sold another machine for $7,300. It originally purchased this machine six months ago for $9,000 and has claimed $830 in depreciation expense against the asset.
Item
Sales price
Cost
Depreciation where applicable
Gain/loss
Character of gain/loss
A
$27,300
$19,200
$8,000
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Part (2) From the recognized gains/losses determined in part 1, determine the net §1231 gain/loss and the net ordinary gain/loss Moab will recognize on its tax return. Moab also has $2,000 of nonrecaptured §1231 losses from previous years.
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1.Assume that Timberline Corporation has 2016 taxable income of $240,000 before the §179 expense.
| Asset | Purchase Date | Basis |
| Furniture (7-year) | December 1 | $350,000 |
| Computer Equipment (5-year) | February 28 | 90,000 |
| Copier (5-year) | July 15 | 30,000 |
| Machinery (7-year) | May 22 | 480,000 |
| Total | $950,000 |
a. What is the maximum amount of §179 expense Timberline may deduct for 2016? What is Timberlineâs §179 carryforward to 2017, if any?
b. What would Timberlineâs maximum depreciation expense be for 2016 assuming no bonus depreciation?
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2).]Hans runs a sole proprietorship. Hans (a single individual) reported the following net §1231 gains and losses since he began business:
| Year | Net §1231 Gains/(Losses) |
| Year 1 | ($65,000) |
| Year 2 | 15,000 |
| Year 3 | 0 |
| Year 4 | 0 |
| Year 5 | 10,000 |
| Year 6 | 50,000 |
a.
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Kase, an individual, purchased some property in Potomac, Maryland, for $200,000 approximately 10 years ago. Kase is approached by a real estate agent representing a client who would like to exchange a parcel of land in North Carolina for Kaseâs Maryland property. Kase agrees to the exchange. The transaction qualifies as a like-kind exchange and the fair market value of each property is $675,000.
What is Kaseâs realized gain or loss,
Recognized gain or loss,
Basis in the North Carolina property in each of the following scenario?
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4) Russell Corporation sold a parcel of land valued at $500,000. Its basis in the land was $275,000. For the land, Russell received $0.00 in cash in year 0 and a note providing that Russell will receive $250,000 in year 1 and $250,000 in year 2 from the buyer.
a. What is Russellâs realized gain on the transaction?
b. What is Russellâs recognized gain in year 0, year 1, and year 2?
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5). Rayleen owns a condominium near Orlando, Florida. This year, she incurs the following expenses in connection with her condo:
| Insurance | $1,250 |
| Mortgage interest | 7,000 |
| Property taxes | 2,100 |
| Repairs and maintenance | 800 |
| Utilities | 2,300 |
| Depreciation | 9,000 |
During the year, Rayleen rented the condo for 130 days and she received $25,000 of rental receipts. She did not use the condo at all for personal purposes during the year. Rayleen is considered to be an active participant in the property. Rayleen's AGI from all sources other than the rental property is $130,000. Rayleen does not have passive income from any other sources. What is Rayleen's AGI?
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6).]Careen owns a condominium near Newport Beach in California. This year, she incurs the following expenses in connection with her condo:
| Insurance | $1,500 |
| Mortgage interest | 8,500 |
| Property taxes | 4,000 |
| Repairs and maintenance | 950 |
| Utilities | 1,900 |
| Depreciation | 5,500 |
During the year, Careen rented the condo for 90 days, receiving $20,000 of gross income. She personally used the condo for 50 days. Assuming Careen uses the IRS method of allocating expenses to rental use of the property. What is Careen's net rental income for the year?
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7). Darren (single) purchased a home on January 1, 2012 for $400,000. Darren lived in the home as his primary residence until January 1, 2014 when he began using the home as a vacation home. He used the home as a vacation home until January 1 2015 (he used a different home as his primary residence from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2015). On January 1, 2015, Darren moved back into the home and used it as his primary residence until January 1, 2016 when he sold the home for $500,000. What amount of the $100,000 gain Darren realized on the sale must he recognize for tax purposes in 2016?
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Bonus:
Moab [an unincorporated entity] manufactures and distributes high-tech biking gadgets. It has decided to streamline some of its operations so that it will be able to be more productive and efficient. Because of this decision it has entered into several transactions during the year.
Part (1) Determine the gain/loss realized and recognized in the current year for each of these events. Also determine whether the gain/loss recognized is §1231, capital, or ordinary. Construct a chart to show transactions and gains/loss in good format.
Moab sold a machine that it used to make computerized gadgets for $27,300 cash. It originally bought the machine for $19,200 three years ago and has taken $8,000 depreciation.
Moab held stock in ABC Corp. which had a value of $12,000 at the beginning of the year. That same stock had a value of $15,230 at the end of the year.
sold some of its inventory for $7,000 cash. This inventory had a basis of $5,000.
Moab disposed of an office building with a fair market value of $75,000 for another office building with a fair market value of $55,000 and $20,000 in cash. It originally bought the office building seven years ago for $62,000 and has taken $15,000 in depreciation.
Moab sold land it held for investment for $28,000. It originally bought the land for $32,000 two years ago.
Moab sold another machine for a note, payable in four annual installments of $12,000. The first payment was received in the current year. It originally bought the machine two years ago for $32,000 and had claimed $9,000 in depreciation expense against the machine.
Moab sold stock it held for eight years for $2,750. It originally purchased the stock for $2,100.
Moab sold another machine for $7,300. It originally purchased this machine six months ago for $9,000 and has claimed $830 in depreciation expense against the asset.
| Item | Sales price | Cost | Depreciation where applicable | Gain/loss | Character of gain/loss |
| A | $27,300 | $19,200 | $8,000 | ||
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Part (2) From the recognized gains/losses determined in part 1, determine the net §1231 gain/loss and the net ordinary gain/loss Moab will recognize on its tax return. Moab also has $2,000 of nonrecaptured §1231 losses from previous years.
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Related questions
Boxer LLC has acquired various types of assets recently used100% in its trade or business. Below is a list of assets acquiredduring 2016 and 2017:
| Asset | CostBasis | Date Placed inService |
| Machinery | 50,000 | September 1,2016 |
| Apartment building | 500,000 | June 1,2016 |
| Furniture | 510,000 | May 1,2017 |
| Computer equipment | 510,000 | May 10,2017 |
| Automobile | 15,000 | March 16,2017 |
| Office building | 600,000 | June 24,2017 |
| Boxer did not elect §179 expense and elected out of bonusdepreciation in 2016, but would like to elect §179 expense for 2017(assume that taxable income is sufficient). Calculate Boxer'smaximum depreciation expense for 2017, including Sec. 179 expense(ignore bonus depreciation for 2017). 2017 Depreciation, including Sec. 179expense Machinery: Apartment building: Furniture: Computer equipment: Automobile: Office building: | ||
Dainâs Diamond Bit Drilling purchased the following assets this year.
| Purchase | Original | ||
| Asset | Date | Basis | |
| Drill bits (5-year) | Mar-19 | $ | 127,500 |
| Drill bits (5-year) | Sep-20 | 138,750 | |
| Commercial building | Jun-22 | 311,000 | |
Assume its taxable income for the year was $74,250 before deducting any §179 expense (assume no bonus depreciation). (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4 and Table 5.)
What is the maximum amount of §179 expense Dain may deduct for the year?
What is Dainâs maximum depreciation expense for the year (including §179 expense)?
Woolard Inc. has taxable income in 2016 of $150,000 before anydepreciation deductions (§179, bonus, or MACRS) and acquired thefollowing assets during the year: (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2,Table 3, Table 4 and Table 5.) (Do not round intermediatecalculations. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollaramount.)
| Asset | Placed InService | Basis | |
| Office furniture (used) | March 20 | $ | 525,000 |
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a. If Woolard elects $50,000 of §179, what isWoolardâs total depreciation deduction for the year
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b. If Woolard elects the maximum amount of §179for the year, what is the amount of deductible §179 expense for theyear? What is the total depreciation expense that Woolard maydeduct in 2016? What is Woolard's §179 carryfoward amount to nextyear, if any?
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c. Woolard is concerned about futurelimitations on its §179 expense. How much §179 expense shouldWoolard expense this year if it wants to maximize its depreciationthis year and avoid any carryover to future years?
