Lena is a sole proprietor. In April of this year, she sold equipment purchased four years ago for $63,000 with an adjusted basis of $37,800 for $41,580. Later in the year, Lena sold another piece of equipment purchased two years ago with an adjusted basis of $18,900 for $12,285. What are the tax consequences of these tax transactions? Lena has an ordinary gain of $fill in the blank 2 from the sale of the first equipment. Lena has a section 1231 loss of $fill in the blank 4 from the sale of the second equipment.

Chelsea, who is single, purchases land for investment purposes in 2014 at a cost of 22,000. In 2019, she sells the land for 38,000. Chelseas taxable income without considering the land sale is 100,000. What is the effect of the sale of the land on her taxable income, and what is her tax liability?

Otto and Monica are married taxpayers who file a joint tax return. For the current tax year, they have AGI of $80,300. They have excess depreciation on real estate of $67,500, which must be added back to AGI to arrive at AMTI. The amount of their mortgage interest expense for the year was $25,000, and they made charitable contributions of $7,500. If Otto and Monica's taxable income for the current year is $47,800 determine the amount of their AMTI. _______________________________________________________________________

In each of the following problems, identify the tax issue(s) posed by the facts presented. Determine the possible tax consequences of each issue that you identify. Thans grandmother dies and leaves him jewelry worth 40,000. In addition, he is the beneficiary of a 100,000 life insurance policy that his grandmother had bought before she retired.