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. 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 2007 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)

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. 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 10, or Form 1120S, Schedule K, line 9. Skip lines 8, 9, 11, and 12 below.

Individuals, partners, S corporation shareholders, and all others. If line 7 is zero or a loss, enter the amount 

from line 7 on line 11 below and skip lines 8 and 9. If line 7 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 from line 7 as a long-term capital gain

on the Schedule D filed with your return 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 zero or less, enter -0-. If line 9 is zero, enter the gain from line 7 on line 12 below. 

If line 9 is more than zero, enter the amount from line 8 on line 12 below and enter the gain from line 9 as a

long-term capital gain on the Schedule D filed with your return (see instructions)

Ordinary Gains and Losses (see instructions)

Ordinary gains and losses not included on lines 11 through 16 (include property held 1 year or less):

Loss, if any, from line 7

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Gain, if any, from line 7 or amount from line 8, 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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Combine lines 10 through 16

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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 28, and the part of the

loss from property used as an employee on Schedule A (Form 1040), line 23. Identify as from “Form 4797, line 

18a.” See instructions 

Redetermine the gain or (loss) on line 17 excluding the loss, if any, on line 18a. Enter here and on Form 1040,

line 14

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat. No. 13086I Form 4797 (2007)

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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For all except individual returns, enter the amount from line 17 on the appropriate line of your return and skip

lines a and b below. For individual returns, complete lines a and b below:

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

(see instructions)

(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) 

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

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

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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

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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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