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Gaytor consults you or the tax planning just before the year-end. You have all the year-end income information that Gaytor provided, as discussed in chapter4.

  1. Gaytor consults you or the tax planning just before the year-end. You have all the year-end income information that Gaytor provided, as discussed in chapter4. In addition the capital gains (losses), he said it would be ideal to get at least additional $1,000 extra cash so he can take the family on vacation. He debates to sell the following (or any combination of these ) stocks. Provide the advice. Let's be systemic by using the table below.
    • A T&T stock he received upon the death of his grandfather. The stock cost his grandfather $6,000 forty years ago and was worth $97,000 on the date of his grandfathers death 2 months ago. The stock is now worth $180,000.
    • Boeing Stock he received as a gift from his mother 2 years ago. The stock cost her mother $9,000 five years ago and was worth $6,500 on the date of the gift. It is now worth $7,500.
    • Sears stock he bought 5 years ago for $5,000, but now worth $1,000.
    • Zoom stock he bought just 9 days ago for $5,000 before the split, now worth $6,000.
    • Fund name Total Ordinary Dividends Qualified Dividends Capital Gain Distrib Unrecap 1250 Gain Nondividend Distrib fed tax withheld Exempt interest Dividends State tax wothheld
      Peach fund 0.00 0.00 450.00 0.00

      2019 Form 1099-B

    • Proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions

      Descript Date Acq Date Sold Proceeds Cost Fed tax withheld proceeds Reported to IRS Basis Reported to IRs
      100 shs. Orange Co 02/11/2001 04/16/2019 $3000.00 2,175.00 0.00 Net Yes
      100 shs. Banana Co 07/17/2005 07/31/2019 $2,100.00 $4,200.00 0.00 Net Yes
      100 shs Grape Orp 12/18/2018 09/25/2019 $9,050.00 $10,500.00 0.00 Net Yes
      5 $1000 Par Value Bonds due 4/2019 12/30/2009 01/02/2019 $5,200.00 $5,415.00 0.00 Net Yes
      5,011.23. Peach Mutual Fund 05/30/2010 10/22/2019 $60,100.00 $56,000.00 0.00 Net Yes
    • On January 12, 2019, Albert and Allison sold their personal residence for $715,200 and purchased a new house for $725,000. This was their personal residence before and after the divorce (they have lived in it together for three years since remarrying). The old house cost $120,000 back in January of 2007 and they added on a new bedroom and bathroom a few years ago for a cost of $20,000. They also built a pool for a cost of $60,000. They moved into the new house on January 19, 2019.

Let's be systemic in our recommendation whether to sell (and sell which) stock(s). Copy the table below and use this in your original post as a guide to providing tax advice.

DESCRIPTION Orange, Banana, Grape, Peach & Bond (Gaytor CH4) Personal Residence (Gaytor Ch4) AT&T Boeing Sears Zoom
1. Proceeds
2. Adjusted basis
3. Short term or Long-term/ Capital Gains
Advice: Sell or Keep (state why in write ups)

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