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Ivan, an Australian tax resident is employed as an electrician. He plans to travel to Brazil for 2 years and have decided to sell some

Ivan, an Australian tax resident is employed as an electrician. He plans to travel to Brazil for 2 years and have decided to sell some of his assets to fund his trip. The following were the transactions made by Ivan.

Assets acquired

Purchase cost

Acquisition Date

Disposal date

Sale price

A Ltd shares

$6,000

30 July 1985

20 December 2015

$23,000

B Ltd shares

$4,300

30 July 2013

24 July 2015

$5,000

C Ltd shares

$2,000

11 April 1987

24 March 2016

$2,250

D Ltd shares

$3,000

4 January 2009

2 June 2016

$1,200

Painting

$5,000

10 March 1998

20 June 2015

$6,000

Jewellery

$4,000

30 May 1997

16 June 2016

$2,300

Rare hunting rifle

$2,000

3 May 1997

18 January 2016

$8,000

Toyota Camry (Ivans car)

$30,000

8 March 1999

1 May 2016

$21,000

Flat (Ivans home)

$180,000

28 August 1995

25 June 2016

$310,000

Home furniture

$14,000

13 October 2002

6 February

2016

$12,000

Holiday

apartment

$120,000

15 April 1988

5 November

2015

$190,000

Ivan had $2,500 of capital losses carried forward from 2015/16 which are related to shares.

Required:

Compute Ivans net capital gains/ loss to be included in his 2015/16 assessable income using the discount method. Please cite the relevant sections of the Act or case law

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