Question: During 2 0 2 4 , your clients, Mr . and Mrs . Howell, owned the following investment assets:Investment Assets 3 0 0 shares of

During 2024, your clients, Mr. and Mrs. Howell, owned the following investment assets:Investment Assets300 shares of IBM common (NYSE: IBM)200 shares of IBM common(NYSE: IBM)3,000 shares of Apple preferred (NASDAQ: AAPL)2,100 shares of Cisco common(NASDAQ: CSCO)420 shares of Vanguard mutual fundDate Acquired11/22/20214/3/202212/12/20228/14/20233/2/2024Purchase Price$ 10,35043,250147,00052,50014,700Broker's CommissionPaid at Time ofPurchase$ 1003001,300550No-load fund**No commissions are charged when no-load mutual funds are bought and sold.Because of the downturn in the stock market, Mr. and Mrs. Howell decided to sell most of their stocks and the mutual fund in 2024 and to reinvest in municipal bonds. The following investment assets were sold in 2024:Investment Assets300 shares of IBM common3,000 shares of Apple preferred2,100 shares of Cisco common451 shares of Vanguard mutual fundDate Sold5/630/512/21Sale Price$ 13,700221,40063,25015,700Broker's Commission Paid at Time of Sale2,100650No-load fund**No commissions are charged when no-load mutual funds are bought and sold.The Howells' broker issued them a Form 1099-B showing the sales proceeds net of the commissions paid. For example, the IBM sales proceeds were reported as $13,600 on the Form 1099-B they received.In addition to the sales reflected in the table above, the Howells provided you with the following additional information concerning 2024: The Howells received a consolidated Form 1099 from the Vanguard mutual fund reporting a $900 long-term capital gain distribution. This dividend was reinvested in 31 additional Vanguard mutual fund shares on 6/30/2024. In 2018, Mrs. Howell loaned $6,000 to a friend who was starting a new multilevel marketing company called LD3. The friend declared bankruptcy in 2024, and Mrs. Howell has been notified she will not be receiving any repayment of the loan. The Howells have a $2,300 short-term capital loss carryover and a $4,800 long-term capital loss carryover from prior years. The Howells did not instruct their broker to sell any particular lot of IBM stock. The Howells earned $3,000 in municipal bond interest, $3,000 in interest from corporate bonds, and $4,000 in qualified dividends. Assume the Howells have $130,000 of wage income during the year.
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