Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
38th Edition
ISBN: 9780357391129
Author: WHITTENBURG
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 1, Problem 18MCQ
Which of the following is not a capital asset to an individual taxpayer?
- Stocks
- A 48-foot sailboat
- Raw land held as an investment
- Inventory in the taxpayer's business
- All of the above are capital assets
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