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Choice 'd' is correct. Uniform capitalization rules apply to the following: (1) real or tangible personal property produced by the taxpayer for use in his or her trade or business; (2) real or tangible personal property produced by the taxpayer for sale to his or her customers; and (3) real or tangible personal property acquired by the taxpayer for resale, provided the taxpayer's annual average gross receipts for the preceding three years exceeds $10,000,000. Warehousing costs incurred by a manufacturing company (making inventory for sale to its customers) are subject to the Uniform Capitalization Rules.

Further, they are the only item on the list that is real or tangible personal property. In this case, the inventory is not acquired for resale (it is produced by the taxpayer for sale to his or her customers), so the fact that the annual sales are $12,000,000 does not matter in this case. The sales could have been less than $10,000,000 annually, and the Uniform Capitalization Rules would still have applied.

Choices 'a', 'b', and 'c' are incorrect, based on the above discussion.

RULE: An accruable expense is one is which the services have been received/performed but have not been paid for by the end of the reporting period.

Choice 'b' is correct. The facts indicate that a repair was completed prior to year end but not yet invoiced. If it has not yet been invoiced, it is assumed that it has also not yet been paid for. Therefore, this is a situation in which the repair expense would be accrued at year end. Services have been performed, but they have not been paid for, as they have not even been invoiced yet.

Choice 'a' is incorrect. If the repair was completed after year end, then the expense is not accruable, as the benefit of the services hasn't been received as of year end. The fact that the repair was invoiced prior to year end does not impact the situation.

Choice 'c' is incorrect. If a repair was completed and paid for prior to year end, no accrual is appropriate. On the accrual basis, the expense is taken in the year the repair is completed and the benefit is received. In this case, the account payable was also paid in the same year, but this has no effect on the expense.

Choice 'd' is incorrect. The facts indicate that the work is to be completed at a date later than year end. Therefore, the expense is not accruable at year end, as the benefit of the repair hasn't been received as of year end. It is reasonable that a signed contract for the repair work exists, but this has no effect on the accrual.

Choice 'c' is correct. The $1,000 jury duty fee that was required to be remitted to the employer may be deducted from gross income in arriving at adjusted gross income. This, in effect, washes out the $1,000 income she will have to report as part of gross income for the jury duty fees paid to her.

Choices 'a' and 'b' are incorrect. The amount remitted is allowed as an adjustment in arriving at AGI, not as an itemized deduction.

Choice 'd' is incorrect. A corresponding offset is allowed against other income as an adjustment in arriving at AGI.

Choice 'c' is correct. Investment assets of a taxpayer that are not inventory are capital assets. The manufacturing company would have capital assets including an investment in U.S. Treasury bonds.

Choice 'a' is incorrect. Accounts receivable generated from the sale of inventory are excluded from the statutory definition of capital assets.

Choice 'b' is incorrect. Depreciable property used in a trade or business is excluded from the statutory definition of capital assets.

Choice 'd' is incorrect. Land is usually a capital asset, but when it is effectively inventory, as when it is used by a developer to be subdivided, it is excluded from the statutory definition of capital assets.

Choice 'b' is correct. Losses are disallowed on most related party sales transactions even if they were made at an arm's length (FMV) price. The basis (and related gain or loss) of the (second) buying relative depends on whether the second relative's resale price is higher, lower, or between the first relative's basis and the lower selling price to the second relative. In this case, the $4,000 capital loss on the sale by Gibson's adult child to Gibson [$12,000 SP - $16,000 Basis] is disallowed. Gibson's basis is determined by his selling price to a third party. In this case, the selling price is $18,000, which is HIGHER than the original basis of Gibson's adult child. Gibson's basis in the stock is, therefore, his adult child's basis of $16,000. Gibson's recognized basis is calculated as follows:

Choice 'a' is incorrect. There would be a zero gain or loss if the selling price were between the adult child's basis and Gibson's purchase price, but this is not the case in the facts.

Choice 'c' is incorrect. This answer option uses the fair market value of the stock at the date of purchase as the basis. As is discussed above, the rules do not provide for this treatment. [$18,000 SP - $14,000 FMV = $4,000]

Choice 'd' is incorrect. This would be the answer if the basis were Gibson's purchase price of $12,000; however, because the stock sold for more than Gibson's child's basis and the child had a disallowed loss on the sale to Gibson, Gibson is allowed to use his child's original basis of $16,000 as his basis for the stock on the date of the second sale. [$18,000 SP - $12,000 PP = $6,000]