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QUESTION 2 ( 9 marks, 1 1 minutes ) Mrs Gummy Bear ( a South African resident ) died on 1 5 February 2 0

QUESTION 2(9 marks, 11 minutes)
Mrs Gummy Bear (a South African resident) died on 15 February 2024. According to her last will and
testament all her assets were to be left to her best friend, Mrs Jelly Tots. Gummy had the following assets
in her estate:
Primary residence, situated in Midrand, Johannesburg
The house was valued at R2,4 million at date of death. Gummy purchased this house in 2015, at
which date the market value was R1250000 and the estate agent's valuing fee amounted to
R2000.
Boat
Gummy inherited a 12-metre boat from her uncle when he died in 2020. The value of the boat
when the uncle died was R4,2 million. The uncle had acquired the boat in 2017 at a cost of
R3 million. The value of the boat at the date of Gummy's death was R6 million.
Calculate the taxable capital gain or loss at the date of death of the deceased,
Mrs Gummy Bear.
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