
a.
Determine the AMT adjustment for the year 1998 of F Acres.
a.

Explanation of Solution
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT): AMT is a tax system imposed by congress to collect a minimum amount of income tax for each year from the taxpayers who generated the income more than modest economics income. The AMT uses economic income as the tax base rather than the regular income tax base.
Determine the AMT adjustment for the year 1998 of F Acres.
Step 1: Determine the value of personal real property.
Asset | Amount ($) |
Total value of the apartment | 300,000 |
Less: Land | (90,000) |
210,000 |
Step 2: Compute the MACRS deduction for regular income tax.
The apartment purchased by L on February 21, 1998. Hence, according to the MACRS table (in chapter 8), the rate for year 1(1998) is 3.182%.
Step 3: Compute the depreciation deduction for AMT purposes.
According to ADS straight-line table, the rate for year 1(1998) is 2.188%.
Step 4: Determine the AMT adjustment for the year 1998(First Year) of F Acres.
Hence, the AMT adjustment for 1998 shows a positive amount of $2,087.
b.
Determine the AMT adjustment for the year 2018 of F Acres and S One Apartment.
b.

Explanation of Solution
Determine the AMT adjustment for the year 2018 of F Acres.
Step 1: Compute the MACRS deduction for regular income tax.
According to the MACRS table, the rate for 2018 is 3.636%.
Step 2: Compute the depreciation deduction for AMT purposes.
According to ADS straight-line table, the rate for 2018 is 2.500%
Step 3: Determine the AMT adjustment for 2018 of F Acres.
Therefore, the AMT adjustment for 2018 shows a positive amount of $2,386.
Determine the AMT adjustment for the year 2018 of S One Apartment.
Step 1: Compute the MACRS deduction for regular income tax.
According to the MACRS table, the rate for 2018 is 0.455%.
Step 2: Compute the depreciation deduction for AMT purposes.
Step 3: Determine the AMT adjustment for the year 2018.
Therefore, the AMT adjustment for 2018 of S One Apartment is $0.
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