.1 On December 15, 2017 Ralph gave his daughter, Barbara, stock that had an adjusted basis to Ralph of $8,000 and a fair market value on the date of the transfer of $6,000). Ralph paid a gift tax attributable to this transfer. Barbara sold the stock on June 19, 2018 for $10,000. How much was Barbaras recognized gain and the character of the gain?

a. $2,000 short-term capital gain

b. $2,000 long-term capital gain

c. $4,000 ordinary income

d. $4,000 short-term capital gain

e. We need to know the amount of the gift tax paid by Ralph in order to answer this question.

2. Sally, mother of Tally and Wally, owned 100 acres of undeveloped land when she died on October 1, 2012. Sally had acquired the land in 1978 for $20,000. Sallys Will was admitted to probate, and the Will specifically devised the 100 acres of undeveloped land to Sallys children Tally and Wally, as tenants in common. No estate tax return was required to be filed but several appraisals were acquired which all concluded that the fair market value as of the date of Sallys death was $300,000. Tally and Wally both survived Sally, and the land was distributed to Tally and Wally in 2013 when the property was still worth $300,000. Tally and Wally did not make any improvements to the land, and in 2018, Wally transferred Wallys undivided one-half interest as tenant-in-common to Tally. At the date of the transfer to Tally, the fair market value of Wallys undivided one-half interest as tenant in common was $800,000. After the transfer, how much is Tallys basis in the 100 acres of undeveloped land?

a. $300,000

b. $550,000

c. $950,000

d. $325,000

3. Jack inherited a house from his father, Zack, on the death of his father, in January 2016. A Federal estate tax return was filed and the value of the land as finally determined for Federal estate tax purposes was $300,000 (the propertys fair market value at the date of the death). Zack had acquired the house in 1958 for $19,000 and prior to Zacks death had made permanent improvements of $50,000. How much is Jacks basis in the land?

a. $19,000

b. $69,000

c. $300,000

d. $369,000

4. Charlie owns a tract of undeveloped land held as an investment that has an adjusted basis to Charlie of $145,000. If Charlie sells the land to his son, Otis, for $105,000, the fair market value of the property, which of the following is a correct statement as to Otis basis in the land?

a. Otis basis in the land is $105,000.

b. Otis basis in the land is $105,000 provided that Otis does not sell the land within two years after the date that the land is transferred to Otis.

c. Otiss basis in the land is $145,000.

d. None of the above is correct since this transfer is considered part gift part sale.