ACC - Lockhart Corporation is a calendar-year corporation
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Updated on: 05/11/2014 01:19 AM Due on: 05/11/2014

Lockhart Corporation is a calendar-year corporation. At the beginning of 2013, its election to be taxed as an S corporation became effective. Lockhart Corp.'s balance sheet at the end of 2012 reflected the following assets (it did not have any earnings and profits from its prior years as a C corporation):
Asset
Adjusted Basis
FMV
Cash
$?35,000
$?35,000
Accounts receivable
?? 25,000
??25,000
Inventory
?180,000
? 210,000
Land
? 125,000
? 120,000
Totals
$365,000
$390,000
Lockhart's business income for the year was $65,000 (this would have been its taxable income if it were a C corporation).
1. During 2013, Lockhart sold all of the inventory it owned at the beginning of the year for $250,000. What is its builtin gains tax in 2013? Be sure to show your work.
2. Assume the same facts as in part (1), except that if Lockhart were a C corporation, its taxable income would have been $17,000. What is its builtin gains tax in 2013? Be sure to show your work.
3. Assume the original facts except the land was valued at $115,000 instead of $120,000. What is Lockhart's builtin gains tax in 2013? Be sure to show your work.
Asset
Adjusted Basis
FMV
Cash
$?35,000
$?35,000
Accounts receivable
?? 25,000
??25,000
Inventory
?180,000
? 210,000
Land
? 125,000
? 120,000
Totals
$365,000
$390,000
Lockhart's business income for the year was $65,000 (this would have been its taxable income if it were a C corporation).
1. During 2013, Lockhart sold all of the inventory it owned at the beginning of the year for $250,000. What is its builtin gains tax in 2013? Be sure to show your work.
2. Assume the same facts as in part (1), except that if Lockhart were a C corporation, its taxable income would have been $17,000. What is its builtin gains tax in 2013? Be sure to show your work.
3. Assume the original facts except the land was valued at $115,000 instead of $120,000. What is Lockhart's builtin gains tax in 2013? Be sure to show your work.

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