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QUESTION 4 (10 marks, 12 minutes)
Milenda Buys, 54 years old, has lived in Cape Town for the past 26 years. During the 2014 year of assessment, Milenda got married and moved to Pretoria. Milenda sold the following assets on 31 July 2013, before moving to Pretoria.
House:
Milenda purchased the house in Cape Town on 1 June 1987 for R104 000. She lived in the house from the day that she purchased it until the date of sale. In 2004 she made improvements to the house at a cost of R560 000. The house was valued at R3 500 000 on 1 October 2001 and the time apportionment base cost of the house is R2 959 550. The house was sold for R6 750 000.
Furniture:
Milenda sold some of the furniture, as she was moving into a smaller house. The furniture was sold for R30 000. The original cost price of the furniture sold amounted to R40 000.
Assessed capital loss:
Loss brought forward from the 2013 year of assessment amounted to R5 500.
REQUIRED:
Calculate the taxable capital gain of Milenda Buys for the year of assessment ended 28 February 2014. You can assume she did not sell any other assets during the year of assessment.