Loose Leaf for McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 2019 Edition
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781260189728
Author: Brian C. Spilker Professor, Benjamin C. Ayers, John Robinson Professor, Edmund Outslay Professor, Ronald G. Worsham Associate Professor, John A. Barrick Assistant Professor, Connie Weaver
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 8DQ
Compare how the return of capital principle applies when: (1) a taxpayer sells an asset and collects the sale proceeds immediately, and (2) a taxpayer sells an asset and collects the sale proceeds over several periods (an installment sale). If Congress wanted to maximize revenue from installment sales, how would it have applied the return of capital principle for installment sales?
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