FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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In the current tax year, a taxpayer sells a painting for $12,000. She purchased the painting two years ago for $8,000. The short-term capital gains rate is 25%. The long-term capital gains rate is 15%. What is the taxpayer's gain for the current tax year?

 

  O $600 short-term capital gain. 

O $600 long-term capital gain. 

O $1,000 long-term capital gain. 

O$1,000 short-term capital gain 

An individual with a taxable income of $50,000 sells 300 shares of stock at a market price of $100 per share. At the individual's present level of income, there is a marginal ordinary income tax rate of 25% and a long-term capital gains rate of 15%. 200 shares of the stock were acquired 13 months earlier at a price of $80 per share, and 100 shares were acquired two years earlier at a price of $60 per share.  What is this individual's tax liability after this transaction? 

O $2,000 

O $1,800

 O $8,000 

O $1,200

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