Harold Hunch purchased Section 1250 commercial property on January 1, 1980, and sold it on January 1,

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Harold Hunch purchased Section 1250 commercial property on January 1, 1980, and sold it on January 1, 2019, at a gain of $250,000. Depreciation taken was $500,000; straight-line depreciation would have been $400,000.

a. How should Harold treat the gain or loss?

b. What would your answer have been in (a) if the property had been residential rental housing?

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CCH Federal Taxation Basic Principles 2020

ISBN: 9780808051787

2020 Edition

Authors: Ephraim P. Smith, Philip J. Harmelink, James R. Hasselback

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