Brantley received 500 shares of Ellsbridge Corporation stock from his uncle as a gift on July? 20, 2015 when the stock had a $110,000 FMV. His uncle paid $70,000 for the stock on April? 12, 2000. The taxable gift was $110,000?, because his uncle made another gift to Brantley for $30,000 in January and used the annual exclusion. The uncle paid a gift tax of $5,500. Without considering the transactions? below, Brantley's AGI is $35,000 in 2016. No other transactions involving capital assets occur during the year.
Analyze each transaction? below, independent of the? others, and determine Brantley's AGI in each case. ?(Do not round intermediary calculations. Only round the amounts you input in the cells to the nearest dollar. Use a minus sign or parentheses to enter a? loss.)
a. He sells the stock on October? 12, 2016?, for $117,000.
b. He sells the stock on October? 12, 2016, for $69,600.
c. He sells the stock on December? 16, 2016?, for $106,000