Question - The grid corporation owns a bank of boring machines. They regularly replace 2 machines each year. In the current year, the company sold machine 8 for $12,000. It was purchased 6 years ago for $40,000, and its adjusted basis was $14,000. Machine 6 was sold for $24,000. It was purchased 4 years earlier for $45,000 and had an adjusted basis of $19,000.
a. How much gain or loss is realized on each asset?
b. What is the character of the gain or loss?
c. If the company disposed of no other assets during the year, how are the results of these sales treated for tax purposes?