Miss Wells has purchased the shares of two companies over the years. Each company has only...

 

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Miss Wells has purchased the shares of two companies over the years. Each company has only one class of shares. Purchases and sales of shares in the first of these companies, Memo Inc., are as follows: February, 2015 purchase November, 2016 purchase April, 2017 purchase October, 2017 sale September, 2019 purchase November, 2019 sale 60 @ $24 90 @ 28 45 @ 30 (68) @ 36 22 @ 26 (53) @ 40 Purchases and sales of shares in the second company, Demo Ltd., are as follows: April, 2018 purchase December, 2018 purchase July, 2019 sale $24 160 @ (260) @ 36 200 33 Required: A. Determine the cost to Miss Wells of the Memo Inc. shares that are still being held on December 31, 2019. B. Determine the taxable capital gain resulting from the July, 2019 disposition of the Demo Ltd. shares. Miss Wells has purchased the shares of two companies over the years. Each company has only one class of shares. Purchases and sales of shares in the first of these companies, Memo Inc., are as follows: February, 2015 purchase November, 2016 purchase April, 2017 purchase October, 2017 sale September, 2019 purchase November, 2019 sale 60 @ $24 90 @ 28 45 @ 30 (68) @ 36 22 @ 26 (53) @ 40 Purchases and sales of shares in the second company, Demo Ltd., are as follows: April, 2018 purchase December, 2018 purchase July, 2019 sale $24 160 @ (260) @ 36 200 33 Required: A. Determine the cost to Miss Wells of the Memo Inc. shares that are still being held on December 31, 2019. B. Determine the taxable capital gain resulting from the July, 2019 disposition of the Demo Ltd. shares.

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