Question: Can you help me? I'm having trouble developing a 1040 based on this information from a homework question. DOB: October 10, 1952 SSN: 444-00-4444 Marital

Can you help me? I'm having trouble developing a 1040 based on this information from a homework question.

DOB: October 10, 1952

SSN: 444-00-4444

Marital Status: Single

Home Address: 5100 Lakeshore Drive, Pensacola, FL 32502

Bob has a very successful used car business located at 210 Ocean View Drive in Pensacola, Florida. Last year, you filed a Schedule C for Bob that had $1,200,000

in taxable income. The business will have an income growth rate of 10% per year over the next several years.

Bob's personal wealth, including investments in land, stocks, and bonds, is about $14,000,000.

Last year, he reported interest income of $20,000 and dividend income of $6,000. The $14,000,000 includes land worth $9,000,000 that Bob bought in 1966 for $450,000. The stocks and bonds have a tax basis of $1,200,000 and they are currently worth $5,000,000. All of the investments have been owned for more than a year. In addition to his investments, Bob paid $140,000 for his home in 1972 and it is now worth $600,000.

The used car business is currently valued at $53,000,000 including the land and building, which are worth $41,000,000. Bob's tax basis in the land and building is

$2,000,000 and $400,000, respectively. The inventory is worth $12,000,000, with a cost basis of $10,000,000; the remaining assets, which include office furniture

and equipment, make up the remainder of the business's total value. The office furniture and equipment are fully depreciated.

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