Question

Angie owns numerous strip malls. A major tenant of one of the strip malls wanted to cancel its lease because it was moving to another city. After lengthy negotiations, the tenant paid Angie $60,000 to cancel its obligations under the lease. If the tenant had fulfilled the lease terms, Angie would have received rent of $700,000. a. What factors should Angie consider to determine the amount and character of her income from these circumstances

Answer 1

Answer:

1. To determine whether she is in the business of being a person who LEASE out property as well as what will be her TAX BASIS for the lease.

2. Ordinary income of $60,000

Explanation:

1. Based on the information given the factors that she should consider in order to determine the amount as well as the character of her income from these circumstances is to determine whether she is in the business of being a person who LEASE out property as well as what will be her TAX BASIS for the lease.

b. Based on the information given we were told that the tenant paid her the amount of $60,000 in order to cancel its obligations under the lease which means that the amount and character of her income from the cancelled lease will be ORDINARY INCOME of the amount of $60,000 which we were told the tenant paid her in order to cancel its obligations under the lease.