Liv wishes to acquire some undeveloped land as an investment. She is unable to pay the whole purchasing price. Instead, Olivia pays the landowner $51,900 in exchange for a four-year option to purchase the land for $1,038,000. Olivia sells the option for $64,875, fourteen months after obtaining it. What is Olivia's capital gain, and what is the nature of it? She has made a $ long-term taxable

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Liv wishes to acquire some undeveloped land as an investment. She is unable to pay the whole purchasing price. Instead, Olivia pays the landowner $51,900 in exchange for a four-year option to purchase the land for $1,038,000. Olivia sells the option for $64,875, fourteen months after obtaining it. What is Olivia's capital gain, and what is the nature of it?

She has made a $ long-term taxable profit. 

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