Installment Sale Zachary Davis owns several apartment buildings in Los Angeles and has an offer from a business associate, Ace Arnold, to purchase one of the buildings on October 31, 2021. Ace does not have the money to purchase the apartment building outright and offers to pay Zachary over a five-year period beginning next year. Zachary is leery, but he contacts his attorney to draw up a contract with the following information: • Sales price $500,000 • Payments of $100,000 each, to be made on January 1 of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 • Interest rate 6%, semiannual compounding beginning January 1, 2022. Zachary had paid $385,000 for the building and its adjusted basis as of October 31, 2021 is $351,400. He would like you to prepare his 2021 tax return and believes he should not have to pay any tax on the sale until 2026 when he receives the final payment. Prepare a response to Zachary and the file.
1. (LO3) Installment Sale Zachary Davis owns several apartment buildings in Los Angeles and has an offer from a business associate, Ace Arnold, to purchase one of the buildings on October 31, 2021. Ace does not have the money to purchase the apartment building outright and offers to pay Zachary over a five-year period beginning next year. Zachary is leery, but he contacts his attorney to draw up a contract with the following information: • Sales price $500,000 • Payments of $100,000 each, to be made on January 1 of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 • Interest rate 6%, semiannual compounding beginning January 1, 2022. Zachary had paid $385,000 for the building and its adjusted basis as of October 31, 2021 is $351,400. He would like you to prepare his 2021 tax return and believes he should not have to pay any tax on the sale until 2026 when he receives the final payment. Prepare a response to Zachary and the file.
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