Sales of Business Property

(Also Involuntary Conversions and Recapture Amounts

Under Sections 179 and 280F(b)(2)) Department of the Treasury 

Internal Revenue Service

Attachment 

 Attach to your tax return.  See separate instructions. Sequence No. 27

Name(s) shown on return Identifying number

Sales or Exchanges of Property Used in a Trade or Business and Involuntary Conversions From Other

Than Casualty or Theft—Most Property Held More Than 1 Year (See instructions.)

Enter the gross proceeds from sales or exchanges reported to you for 2003 on Form(s) 1099-B or 1099-S (or substitute

statement) that you are including on line 2, 10, or 20 (see instructions)

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(f) Cost or other

basis, plus

improvements and

expense of sale

(e) Depreciation

allowed or

allowable since

acquisition

(g) Gain or (loss)

for entire year.

Subtract (f) from the

sum of (d) and (e)

(c) Date sold

(mo., day, yr.)

(b) Date acquired

(mo., day, yr.)

(a) Description

of property

(d) Gross

sales price

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3 Gain, if any, from Form 4684, line 39

4 Section 1231 gain from installment sales from Form 6252, line 26 or 37

Gain, if any, from line 32, from other than casualty or theft

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Combine lines 2 through 6 in columns (g) and (h). Enter the gain or (loss) here and on the

appropriate line as follows:

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Partnerships (except electing large partnerships) and S corporations. Report the gain or (loss)

following the instructions for Form 1065, Schedule K, line 6, or Form 1120S, Schedule K, line 5. Skip

lines 8, 9, 11, and 12 below.

All others. If line 7, column (g), is zero or a loss, enter that amount on line 11 below and skip

lines 8, 9, and 12. If line 7, column (g), is a gain and you did not have any prior year section 1231

losses, or they were recaptured in an earlier year, enter the gain or (loss) in each column as a

long-term capital gain or (loss) on Schedule D and skip lines 8, 9, 11, and 12 below.

8 Nonrecaptured net section 1231 losses from prior years (see instructions)

9 Subtract line 8 from line 7. If line 9, column (g), is zero or less, enter -0- in column (g). If line 9,

column (g), is zero, enter the gain from line 7, column (g), on line 12 below. If line 9, column (g), is

more than zero, enter the amount from line 8, column (g), on line 12 below and include the gain or

(loss) in each column of line 9 as a long-term capital gain or (loss) on Schedule D (see instructions)

Ordinary Gains and Losses

Ordinary gains and losses not included on lines 11 through 17 (include property held 1 year or less):

Loss, if any, from line 7, column (g)

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Gain, if any, from line 7, column (g), or amount from line 8, column (g), if applicable

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Gain, if any, from line 31

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Net gain or (loss) from Form 4684, lines 31 and 38a

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Ordinary gain from installment sales from Form 6252, line 25 or 36

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Recapture of section 179 expense deduction for partners and S corporation shareholders for

property dispositions from 2002-2003 fiscal year partnerships and S corporations (see instructions)

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Combine lines 10 through 17. Enter the gain or (loss) here and on the appropriate line as follows:

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a For all except individual returns. Enter the gain or (loss) from line 18 on the return being filed.

b For individual returns:

If the loss on line 11 includes a loss from Form 4684, line 35, column (b)(ii), enter that part

of the loss here. Enter the part of the loss from income-producing property on Schedule A

(Form 1040), line 27, and the part of the loss from property used as an employee on Schedule

A (Form 1040), line 22. Identify as from “Form 4797, line 18b(1).” See instructions

(1)

(2) Redetermine the gain or (loss) on line 18 excluding the loss, if any, on line 18b(1). Enter here

and on Form 1040, line 14

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 7 of the instructions. Cat. No. 13086I Form 4797 (2003)

Part I

Part II

OMB No. 1545-0184

Section 1231 gain or (loss) from like-kind exchanges from Form 8824

Ordinary gain or (loss) from like-kind exchanges from Form 8824

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18b(1)

18b(2)

(99)

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Form 4797 2003

(h) Post-May 5,

2003, gain or

(loss)* (see below)

*Corporations (other than S corporations) should not complete column (h). Partnerships and S corporations must complete column (h). All others must complete

column (h) only if line 7, column (g), is a gain and the amount, if any, on line 8, column (g), does not equal or exceed the gain on line 7, column (g). Include in

column (h) all gains and losses from column (g) from sales, exchanges, or conversions (including installment payments received) after May 5, 2003. However,

do not include gain attributable to unrecaptured section 1250 gain.
Form 4797 (2003) Page 2

Gain From Disposition of Property Under Sections 1245, 1250, 1252, 1254, and 1255

(c) Date sold

(mo., day, yr.)

(b) Date acquired

(mo., day, yr.) (a) Description of section 1245, 1250, 1252, 1254, or 1255 property:

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B

C

D

These columns relate to the properties on lines 19A through 19D.  Property A Property B Property C Property D

Gross sales price (Note: See line 1 before completing.)

Cost or other basis plus expense of sale

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Depreciation (or depletion) allowed or allowable

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Adjusted basis. Subtract line 22 from line 21

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Total gain. Subtract line 23 from line 20

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If section 1245 property:

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a Depreciation allowed or allowable from line 22

b Enter the smaller of line 24 or 25a

If section 1250 property: If straight line depreciation was used, enter

-0- on line 26g, except for a corporation subject to section 291.

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a Additional depreciation after 1975 (see instructions)

Applicable percentage multiplied by the smaller of line 24

or line 26a (see instructions)

b

Subtract line 26a from line 24. If residential rental property

or line 24 is not more than line 26a, skip lines 26d and 26e

c

d Additional depreciation after 1969 and before 1976

e Enter the smaller of line 26c or 26d

f Section 291 amount (corporations only)

g Add lines 26b, 26e, and 26f

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If section 1252 property: Skip this section if you did not

dispose of farmland or if this form is being completed for a

partnership (other than an electing large partnership).

a Soil, water, and land clearing expenses

b Line 27a multiplied by applicable percentage (see instructions)

c Enter the smaller of line 24 or 27b

If section 1254 property:

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Intangible drilling and development costs, expenditures for

development of mines and other natural deposits, and

mining exploration costs (see instructions)

a

b Enter the smaller of line 24 or 28a

If section 1255 property:

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Applicable percentage of payments excluded from income

under section 126 (see instructions)

a

b Enter the smaller of line 24 or 29a (see instructions)

Summary of Part III Gains. Complete property columns A through D through line 29b before going to line 30.

Total gains for all properties. Add property columns A through D, line 24

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Add property columns A through D, lines 25b, 26g, 27c, 28b, and 29b. Enter here and on line 13

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Subtract line 31 from line 30. Enter the portion from casualty or theft on Form 4684, line 33. Enter the portion

from other than casualty or theft on Form 4797, line 6, column (g), and if applicable, column (h)

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Recapture Amounts Under Sections 179 and 280F(b)(2) When Business Use Drops to 50% or Less

(See instructions.)

(b) Section 

280F(b)(2)

(a) Section

179

Section 179 expense deduction or depreciation allowable in prior years

34 Recomputed depreciation. See instructions

35 Recapture amount. Subtract line 34 from line 33. See the instructions for where to report

Part IV

Part III

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29a

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Form 4797 (2003)