Federal Tax Research 10th Edition by Roby Sawyers,William Raabe,Gerald Whittenburg,Steven Gill

Exercise 24

Paris Corporation holds a $100,000 unrealized net capital gain and a capital loss carryforward that will expire in the current year. Paris is subject to a 14 percent cost of capital. Its marginal tax rate is 40 percent. Should Paris accelerate the recognition of this gain from next year to this year, assuming a net capital loss carryforward in each of the following amounts
a. $40,000
b. $10,000
c. Repeat the computation using the amounts in parts a. and b., but this time assume that Paris is subjectto a 6 percent cost of capital.