Ok, let me see if I understand this correctly. A C Corporation has to net Capital Gains against Capital losses (net the LT and ST together first, and then the remainder of the two). If there is a LTCL or an STCL then the company CANNOT deduct it as ordinary income, and has to carry it back 3 and carry it forward 5 years to deduct from Net Capital or Section 1231 gains. IF the Corporation has a LTCG or a STCG – the advantage is that it is recorded at the Corporation's normal operating income tax level amounts.
If an asset is sold for 13,000 that was purchased for 10,000 and deprecation was 2,000 = 8,000 basis. Then the first 2,000 goes to Depreciation Recapture = Ordinary Income. The 8,000 basis is No Gain or Loss as it was just cost recovery. This leaves the 3,000 Section 1231 Capital Gain that gets recorded as Normal Income
Is this right?
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