Aqua Corporation purchases nonresidential real property on May 8, 2017, for $1,000,000. Straight-line cost recovery is taken in the amount of $89,765 before the property is sold on November 27, 2020, for $1,500,000. Compute the amount of Aqua’s recognized gain on the sale of the realty. Determine the amount of the recognized gain that is treated as § 1231 gain and the amount that is treated as § 1250 recapture (ordinary income).
Aqua Corporation purchases nonresidential real property on May 8, 2017, for $1,000,000. Straight-line cost recovery is taken in the amount of $89,765 before the property is sold on November 27, 2020, for $1,500,000. Compute the amount of Aqua’s recognized gain on the sale of the realty. Determine the amount of the recognized gain that is treated as § 1231 gain and the amount that is treated as § 1250 recapture (ordinary income).
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Aqua Corporation purchases nonresidential real property on May 8, 2017, for $1,000,000. Straight-line cost recovery is taken in the amount of $89,765 before the property is sold on November 27, 2020, for $1,500,000.
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Compute the amount of Aqua’s recognized gain on the sale of the realty.
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Determine the amount of the recognized gain that is treated as § 1231 gain and the amount that is treated as § 1250 recapture (ordinary income).
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The companies recognize the ordinary income on the sale of the property as 20% of the excess of 1250.
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