Marge owns land and a building (held for investment) with an adjusted basis of $
ID: 2581529 • Letter: M
Question
Marge owns land and a building (held for investment) with an adjusted basis of $75,000 and a fair market value of $250,000. The property is subject to a mortgage of $400,000. Because Marge is in arrears on the mortgage payments, the creditor is willing to accept the property in return for canceling the amount of the mortgage. a. Indicate whether the following situations would result in the adjusted basis of the property being less than the amount of the mortgage. Select "Yes" if the basis would be less than the mortgage, otherwise select "No". • The mortgage was granted based on the fair market value of the property rather than the taxpayer's adjusted basis of the property. Yes • Depreciation deductions in the early life of the asset may have exceeded the amortization of the mortgage principal. Yes • The property increased in value after the mortgage was granted. No • The mortgage was granted based on the adjusted basis of the property. No Feedback Realized gain or loss is the difference between the amount realized from the sale or other disposition of property and the property's adjusted basis on the date of disposition. Therefore it is important to determine the correct adjusted basis for the property. b. If the creditor's offer is accepted, what are the effects on the amount realized, the adjusted basis, and the realized gain or loss for Marge? The amount realized is $ . The adjusted basis is $ . The realized gain is $ .
Explanation / Answer
Answer :- The realized gain is =$ 325,000
That is ($400,000-$75,000)
Hence it is advisable to accept the offer of the creditor. It would not matter whether the debt is recourse or not recourse. The justification for this treatment for the non recourse mortgage is that the taxpayer initially benefited when the mortgage was incurred in terms of increasing the property's adjusted basis.