Larry Gaines, a single taxpayer, age 42, sells his personal residence on November 12, 2019, for $151,200. He lived in the house for 7 years. The expenses of the sale are $9,072, and he has made capital improvements of $10,150. Larry’s cost basis in his residence is $86,750. On November 30, 2019, Larry purchases and occupies a new residence at a cost of $150,000. Calculate Larry’s realized gain, recognized gain, and the adjusted basis of his new residence.

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Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

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