Question

Nancy and Tonya exchanged assets. Nancy gave Tonya her personal residence with an adjusted basis of $280,000 and a fair market value of $560,000. The house has a mortgage of $200,000, which is assumed by Tonya. Tonya gave Nancy a yacht used in her business with an adjusted basis of $250,000 and a fair market value of $360,000. What is Tonya's realized and recognized gain

Answer 1

Realized gain $110,000

Recognized gain $110,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the Tonya's realized and recognized gain is shown below:

Amount realized by Tonya (fair market value) $560,000

Less; Amount given by Tonya

Yacht: adjusted basis ($250000)

Assumption of Nancy's mortgage ($200000)

Realized gain $110,000

Recognized gain $110,000