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Funeral expenses paid out True
of the estate.
would be allowed as
deductions from the gross
estate in computing the
taxable estate
True or False
,Which of the following Interest on money borrowed to buy stocks.
types of interest
payments, not allowed
because of one of the
limitations, may be carried
over to the next year?
Clyde, a single person, 185,000
sold his principal
residence for $700,000. A taxpayer may exclude up to $250,000
He purchased his home 10 ($500,000 for a joint return) of a gain on the sale
years ago for $150,000 of a principal residence if (s)he primarily resided
and lived there until he in this home for 2 years of a 5-year period before
sold it. He paid for capital the sale of the home. The gain is determined by
improvements of $75,000, subtracting from the amount realized, $660,000,
real estate commissions of ($700,000 - $36,000 -$4,000) the adjusted basis,
$36,000, and other $225,000 ($150,000 + $75,000). This yields a
settlement costs of gain of $435,000. Clyde only has to claim
$4,000. How much taxable $185,000 ($435,000 - $250,000) as a gain (Sec.
gain must Clyde report? 121).
, With regard to claiming a D - A taxpayer must furnish more than one-half
dependent, all of the of the total support provided during the calendar
following statements are year before claiming an exemption for a
true EXCEPT dependent. The support may come from taxable
income, tax-exempt receipts, or loans
(Publication 501).
A. To meet the citizenship
test, a person must be a
U.S. citizen or resident, or
a resident of Canada or
Mexico.
B. A person does not meet
the member-of-the-
household test if at any
time during the tax year
the relationship between
the taxpayer and that
person violates local law.
C. A person who died
during the year, but was a
member of your
household until death, will
meet the member-of-the-
household test.
D. In calculating a person's
total support, do not
include tax-exempt
income used to support
that person.