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Level III Curriculum Volume 2
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Example 8
A question about using the capital loss carrryforwards to offset capital gains tax. Lee has $1.5m of capital loss carryforwards.
And he can get $5m pretax through sale and leaseback of the warehouse. So the total capital gain is (5-1.5)=$3.5m, and the total capital gain tax is (5-1.5)*25%=$0.875m, then the net cash from the sale and leaseback is 5-0.875=$4.125m, not $5m.

But in the book, it said the capital gains tax of $1.25m in the sale and leaseback is fully offsetted? is it wrong?

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