Question

Shontelle owns an apartment house that has an adjusted basis of $760,000 but is subject to a mortgage of $192,000. She transfers the apartment house to Dave and receives from him $120,000 in cash and an office building with a fair market value of $780,000 at the time of the exchange. Dave assumes the $192,000 mortgage on the apartment house.
a. What is Shontelle’s realized gain or loss?
b. What her recognized gain or loss?
c. what is the basis of the newly acquired office building?

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) $332,000

(b) $312,000

(c) $760,000

Explanation:

(a) Her realized gain or loss

Mathematically, Realized gain or loss = Amount realized - Adjusted Basis = (120000 + 780000 + 192000) - 760000.

= 1092000 - 760000

= $ 332000

(b) Her Recognized gain.

Mathematically, her recognized gain = Amount received in cash + Amount received in Mortgage = 120,000 + 192,000 = $312,000

(c) Basis of newly acquired office Building.

Mathematically:

Basis of newly acquired building = Fair market value of building - (realized gain - recognized gain) = (780,000)-(332,000-312,000) = 780,000-20,000 = $760,000