On June 1, 2009, Skylark Enterprises (not a corporation) acquired a retail store building for $500,000 (with $100,000 being allocated to the land). The store building was 39-year real property, and the straight-line cost recovery method was used. The property was sold on June 21, 2013, for $385,000.

a. Compute the cost recovery and adjusted basis for the building using Table 8.6 from Chapter 8.

b. What are the amount and nature of Skylark's gain or loss from disposition of the building? What amount, if any, of the gain is unrecaptured § 1250 gain?

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MACRS Straight-Line Depreciation for Real Property Assuming Mid-Month Convention* TABLE 8.6 For Property Placed in Service after December 31, 1986: 27.5-Year Residential Real Property Recovery The Applicable Percentage Is (Use the Column for the Month in the First Year the Property Is Placed in Service): Year(s) 5 6 1 2 3 4 10 11 12 2.576 2.273 1.970 1.364 0.758 3.485 3.182 2.879 1.667 1.061 0.455 0.152 3.636 3.636 3.636 3.636 3.636 2-18 3.636 3.636 3.636 3.636 3.636 3.636 3.636 19-27 3.637 3.637 3.637 3.637 3.637 3.637 3.637 3.637 3.637 3.637 3.637 3.637 2.273 2.576 3.485 3.636 28 1.970 2.879 3.182 3.636 3.636 3.636 3.636 3.636 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.455 1.364 1.667 29 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.152 0.758 1.061 For Property Placed in Service after December 31, 1986, and before May 13, 1993: 31.5-Year Nonresidential Real Property Recovery The Applicable Percentage Is (Use the Column for the Month in the First Year the Property Is Placed in Service): 1 Year(s) 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 1.720 1.190 0.132 3.042 2.778 2.513 2.249 1.984 1.455 0.926 0.661 0.397 3.175 3.175 2-19 3.175 3.175 3.175 3.175 3.175 3.175 3.175 3.175 3.175 3.175 20-31 3.174 3.174 3.174 3.174 3.174 3.174 3.174 3.174 3.174 3.174 3.174 3.174 1.720 1.984 2.249 2.778 3.042 3.175 3.175 32 2.513 3.175 3.175 3.175 3.175 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.397 0.661 0.926 1.190 1.455 33 0.000 0.000 0.132 For Property Placed in Service after May 12, 1993: 39-Year Nonresidential Real Property Recovery The Applicable Percentage Is (Use the Column for the Month in the First Year the Property Is Placed in Service): Year(s) 1 5 6 7 8 2 3 10 11 12 2.461 2.033 1.605 1.391 0.963 0.749 0.535 2.247 1.819 1.177 0.321 0.107 2-39 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 2.564 0.535 0.749 1.391 1.605 2.033 40 0.107 0.321 0.963 1.177 1.819 2.247 2.461 *The official tables contain a separate row for each year. For ease of presentation, certain years are grouped in these tables. In some instances, this will produce a difference of .001 for the last digit when compared with the official tables.