The installment method can be used for which of the following sales with payments being made in the year following the year of sale?

a. A department store's credit card sales.
b. An individual's sale of common stock in a family owned business.
c. An individual's sale of General Electric common.
d. Depreciable equipment sold for less than its original cost.
e. All of the above.


b
RATIONALE: The inventory in answer a., the publicly-traded securities in answer c., and the § 1245 depreciation recapture in answer d. are not eligible for the installment method.

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