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Fred Berk bought a plot of land with a cash payment of $40,000 and a mortgage of $50,000. In addition,
Berk paid $200 for a title insurance policy. Berk's basis in this land is:

Hall, a divorced person and custodian of her 12-year old child, filed her 1990 federal income tax return as
head of a household. She submitted the following information to the CPA who prepared her 1990 return:
. In 1990, Hall sold an antique that she bought in 1980 to display in her home. Hall paid $800 for the
antique and sold it for $1,400, using the proceeds to pay a court ordered judgment.
The $600 gain that Hall realized on the sale of the antique should be treated as:

Barkley owns a vacation cabin that was rented to unrelated parties for 10 days during the year for $2,500.
The cabin was used personally by Barkley for three months and left vacant for the rest of the year.
Expenses for the cabin were as follows:
Real estate taxes $1,000
Maintenance and utilities $2,000
How much rental income (loss) is included in Barkley's adjusted gross income?

Starr, a self-employed individual, purchased a piece of equipment for use in Starr's business. The costs
associated with the acquisition of the equipment were:

What is the depreciable basis of the equipment?

Gibson purchased stock with a fair market value of $14,000 from Gibson's adult child for $12,000. The
child's cost basis in the stock at the date of sale was $16,000. Gibson sold the same stock to an unrelated
party for $18,000. What is Gibson's recognized gain from the sale?

On December 1, 1992, Michaels, a self-employed cash basis taxpayer, borrowed $100,000 to use in her
business. The loan was to be repaid on November 30, 1993. Michaels paid the entire interest of $12,000
on December 1, 1992. What amount of interest was deductible on Michaels' 1993 income tax return?

For a cash basis taxpayer, gain or loss on a year-end sale of listed stock arises on the: