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Scott Bean is a computer programmer and incurred the following transactions in 2016 Sales Price Basis Purchased Sold Provo City Bonds $10,000 $5,000 11/01/12 05/13/16

Scott Bean is a computer programmer and incurred the following transactions in 2016

Sales Price Basis Purchased Sold
Provo City Bonds $10,000 $5,000 11/01/12 05/13/16
Cisco Stock 25,000 6,000 07/17/07 01/12/16
Dreyer's Stock 14,000 10,000 07/01/15 04/20/16
Novell Stock 2,000 10,000 02/12/13 11/29/16
IBM 4,000 3,000 08/02/14 05/02/16
ABC 6,000 9,000 05/30/14 10/20/16
Prior year short-term capital loss carried forward 5,500
Prior year long-term capital loss carried forward 5,500

In 2016, his colleague Dan Hampton filed bankruptcy. Scotts lent Dan $3,000 and become worthless. Answer the following questions:

1. what is the net short-term capital gain/loss on the 2016 Schedule D

2. what is the net long-term capital gain/loss on the 2016 Schedule D

3. What is the net capital gain/loss reported on line 13 of From 1040

4. What amount of capital gain is subject to the preferential capital gain rate?

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