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