Clyde had worked for many years as a chef executive of Red Industries INC and had also been a major

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Clyde had worked for many years as a chef executive of Red Industries INC and had also been a major shareholder. Clyde and the company had a falling out, and Clyde was terminated. Clyde and Red executed a document under which Clyde’s stock in Red would be redeemed and Clyde would agree not to compete against Red in its geographic service area. After extensive negotiation between the parties, Clyde agreed to surrender his Red stock in exchange for $600,000. Clyde’s basis in his shares was $143,000 and he had held the shares for 17 years. The agreement made no explicit allocation of any of the $600,000 to Clyde’s agreement not to compete against Red. How Clyde treat the $600,000 payment on his 2010 tax return?

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Question Posted: September 15, 2012 07:19:30