Firm ML, a non-corporate taxpayer, exchanged residential rental property plus $15,000 cash for 20 acres of investment land with a $200,000 FMV. ML used the straight-line method to compute depreciation on the rental property.
a. Assuming that ML's exchange was negotiated at arm's length, what is the FMV of the rental property?
b. If the adjusted basis of the rental property is $158,000, compute ML's realized and recognized gain. What is the character of the recognized gain?
c. Compute ML's basis in the 20 acres of investment land.