Question

During 2019, Dowdy, a C corporation, realized a long-term capital gain of $8,000 from the sale of a tract of land, a short-term capital gain of $6,000 from the sale of stock of Ornery Corporation, and a long-term capital loss of $18,000 from the sale of U.S. government securities. What amount of the long-term capital loss may Dowdy deduct on its 2019 income tax return?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer to the following question is $4000.

Explanation:

Dowdy which is a C corporation, has a total of $14,000 in capital gain, in which $8000 comes from sale of tract land and rest of $6000 comes from sale of stock. And the company also has a capital loss of $18,000. So here the company is having a long term capital loss of $4000 ( $18,000 - $14,000 ), and this C corporation can deduct this long term capital loss from their taxable income ( the year in which loss was incurred ) . If in a situation, loss is not deducted from this year , then it can be carried 3 years or 2 years or even 1 years back and if there is capital gain , it can be deducted from it.