Starting Your Business/Keeping Records
What Are Business Assets
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The cost or purchase price of property is usually its basis forfiguring the gain or loss from its sale or other disposition. However, if you got theproperty by gift, inheritance, or in some way other than buying it, you must use a basisother than its cost. For more in-formation about basis, see Publication 551, Basis of Assets.

Cost Basis. Thebasis of property you buy is usually its cost. The cost is the amount you pay in cash,debt obligations, or in other property. Your cost also includes amounts you pay for:

hotel a Amburgo1) Sales tax charged on the purchase,

2) Freight charges to obtain the property,

3) Installation and testing charges,

4) Excise taxes,

5) Legal and accounting fees (when they must be capitalized),

6) Revenue stamps,

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8) Real estate taxes (if assumed for the seller).

Adjusted Basis.Before figuring gain or loss on a sale, exchange, or other disposition of property, orfiguring allowable depreciation, depletion, or amortization, you must usually make certainadjustments (increases and decreases) to the basis of the property. The result of theseadjustments to the basis is adjusted basis.

Important References

Publication 551   Basis of Assets
Publication 946Mechelen luxury hotels   How to Depreciate Property