Publication 225 |
2000 Tax Year |
Introduction
When you dispose of property used in your farm business, your
taxable gain or loss is usually a section 1231 gain or loss. Its
treatment as ordinary income, which is taxed at the same rates as
wages and interest income, or capital gain, which is generally taxed
at lower rates, is determined under the rules for section 1231
transactions.
When you dispose of depreciable property (section 1245 property or
section 1250 property) at a gain, you may have to recognize all or
part of the gain as ordinary income under the depreciation recapture
rules. Any remaining gain after applying the depreciation recapture
rules is a section 1231 gain, which may be taxed as a capital gain.
Gains and losses from property used in farming are reported on Form
4797. Table 11-1 contains examples of items reported
on Form 4797 and refers to the part of that form on which they first
should be reported. Chapter 20,
Sample Return, contains a
sample filled-in Form 4797.
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