Ryan received land and a building from Thom as a gift. Thom's adjusted basis and the fair market value at the date of the gift are as follows: Asset Adjusted Basis FMV

Land $40,000 $35,000
Building 110,000 90,000

Thom paid 8,000 gift tax was paid on the transfer.

Required:
a. Determine Gerald’s adjusted basis for the land and building.
b. Assume instead that the fair market value of the land was $87,000 and that of the building was $120,000. Determine Gerald’s adjusted basis for the land and building.

Select the correct answer. after the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy? a. the interest rate on loans will fall. b. people will demand more foreign goods. c. people will start borrowing more money. d. the economy will face inflation. e. foreign investments will increase.