Sally owns real property for which the annual property taxes are $9,000. She sells the property to

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Sally owns real property for which the annual property taxes are $9,000. She sells the property to Kate on March 9, 2021, for $550,000. Kate pays the real property taxes for the entire year on October 1, 2021.

a. How much of the property taxes can be deducted by Sally and how much by Kate?

b. What effect does the property tax apportionment have on Kate’s adjusted basis in the property?

c. What effect does the apportionment have on Sally’s amount realized from the sale?

d. How would the answers in parts (b) and (c) differ if Sally paid the taxes?

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South-Western Federal Taxation 2022 Individual Income Taxes

ISBN: 9780357519073

45th Edition

Authors: James C. Young, Annette Nellen, William A. Raabe, Mark Persellin, William H. Hoffman

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