Blair sold the following stocks in 2017: 200 shares of Dearborn Investments purchased May 15, 2016, for

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Blair sold the following stocks in 2017: 200 shares of Dearborn Investments purchased May 15, 2016, for $3,050 and sold on January 9, 2017 for $4,135; and 40 shares of State Street Investments, purchased November 7, 2014, for $11,875 and sold on March 29, 2017, for $8,675. What are the pre-net amount and nature of the gain (loss) on the sale of these transactions on Blair’s 1040 return for 2017?

a. $1,085 short-term gain and $3,000 long-term loss.

b. $1,085 short-term gain and $3,200 long-term loss.

c. $1,915 net long-term loss.

d. $2,115 net long-term loss.

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Fundamentals Of Taxation 2018

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