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Capital gain problem

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  • August 16, 2015 at 10:00 am #267383
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    Problem:

    Your client is an investor and antique collector. You have
    ascertained that she is not carrying on a business. Your client
    provides the following information of sales of various ASSETS during
    the current TAX YEAR. Based on this information, determine your
    client’s net capital gain or net capital loss for the year ended 30
    June of the current TAX YEAR.

    (a) Block of vacant land. On 3 June of the current tax year
    your client signed a contract to sell a block of vacant land for
    $320,000. She acquired this land in January 2001 for
    $100,000 and incurred $20,000 in local council, water and
    sewerage rates and land taxes during her period of OWNERSHIP
    of the land. The contract of sale stipulates that a deposit of
    $20,000 is PAYABLE to her when the contract of sale is signed
    and the balance is payable on 3 January of the next tax year,
    when the change of OWNERSHIP will be registered.

    (b) Antique bed. On 12 November of the current TAX YEAR your
    client had an antique four-poster Louis XIV bed stolen from
    her house. She recently had the bed valued for INSURANCE
    purposes and the market value at 31 October of the current
    tax year was $25,000. She purchased the bed for $3,500 on
    21 July 1986. Although the furniture was in very good
    condition, the bed needed alterations to allow for the
    INSTALLATION of an innerspring mattress. These alterations
    significantly increased the value of the bed, and cost $1,500.
    She paid for the alterations on 29 October 1986. On 13
    November of the current tax year she lodged a claim with her
    INSURANCE COMPANY seeking to recover her loss. On 16
    January of the current tax year her INSURANCE COMPANY
    advised her that the antique bed had not been a specified
    item on her INSURANCE POLICY. Therefore, the maximum
    amount she would be paid under her household contents
    policy was $11,000. This amount was paid to her on 21
    January of the current tax year.

    (c) Painting. Your client acquired a painting by a well-known
    Australian artist on 2 May 1985 for $2,000. The painting had
    significantly risen in value due to the death of the artist. She
    sold the painting for $125,000 at an art auction on 3 April of
    the current tax year.

    (d) Shares. Your client has a substantial share portfolio which
    she has acquired over many years. She sold the following
    shares in the relevant year of income:
    (i) 1,000 Common Bank Ltd shares acquired in 2001 for $15
    per share and sold on 4 July of the current tax year for
    $47 per share. She incurred $550 in brokerage fees on
    the sale and $750 in stamp duty costs on purchase.
    (ii) 2,500 shares in PHB Iron Ore Ltd. These shares were also
    acquired in 2001 for $12 per share and sold on 14
    February of the current tax year for $25 per share. She
    incurred $1,000 in brokerage fees on the sale and $1,500
    in stamp duty costs on purchase
    (iii) 1,200 shares in Young Kids Learning Ltd. These shares
    were acquired in 2005 for $5 per share and sold on 14
    February of the current tax year for $0.50 per share. She
    incurred $100 in brokerage fees on the sale and $500 in
    stamp duty costs on purchase.
    (iv) 10,000 shares in Share Build Ltd. These shares were
    acquired on 5 July of the current tax year for $1 per share
    and sold on 22 January of the current tax year for $2.50
    per share. She incurred $900 in brokerage fees on the
    sale and $1,100 in stamp duty costs on purchase.

    (e) Violin. Your client also has an interest in collecting musical
    instruments. She plays the violin very well and has several
    violins in her collection, all of which she plays on a regular
    basis. On 1 May of the current TAX YEAR she sold one of these
    violins for $12,000 to neighbour who is in the Queensland
    Symphony Orchestra. The violin cost her $5,500 when she
    acquired it on 1 June 1999.

    Your client also has a total of $8,500 in capital LOSSES carried
    forward from the previous TAX YEAR, $1,500 of which are
    attributable to a LOSS on the sale of a piece of sculpture which
    she sold in April of the previous year.

    Can some buddy solve this question proper and accurate.

    Thanks

    August 22, 2015 at 5:55 am #268051
    Tax Tutor
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    If you do not have answers to a question then you should not be using it for practice. Sorry but I am hear to deal with queries arising out of the OT material that we provide for you and if used along with a revision kit from an approved provider should enable you to achieve success in this exam.

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