Please see the attached assignment. Please use scholarly, reputable, United States sources only.
In addition to the assignment information, additional information about the client is below:
Bob has a very successful used car business located at 210 Ocean View Drive in Pensacola, Florida. Last year, you filed a Schedule C for Bob that had $1,200,000
in taxable income. The business will have an income growth rate of 10% per year over the next several years. Bob’s personal wealth, including investments in
land, stocks, and bonds, is about $14,000,000.
Last year, he reported interest income of $20,000 and dividend income of $6,000. The $14,000,000 includes land worth $9,000,000 that Bob bought in 1966 for
$450,000. The stocks and bonds have a tax basis of $1,200,000 and they are currently worth $5,000,000. All of the investments have been owned for more than a
year. In addition to his investments, Bob paid $140,000 for his home in 1972 and it is now worth $600,000.
The used car business is currently valued at $53,000,000 including the land and building, which are worth $41,000,000. Bob’s tax basis in the land and building is
$2,000,000 and $400,000, respectively. The inventory is worth $12,000,000, with a cost basis of $10,000,000; the remaining assets, which include office furniture
and equipment, make up the remainder of the business’s total value. The office furniture and equipment are fully depreciated.