Nareh joined Jim in forming DBJ Corp. Nareh contributed appreciated land for 90 percent of the stock in DBJ. Jim received 10 percent of the DBJ stock valued at $15,000. Determine Jim’s tax consequences in each of the following alternative scenarios.
a) Jim received the stock in exchange for providing computer-related services for the corporation. What amount of income or gain does Jim recognize on the exchange? What is Jim’s basis in the stock received in the exchange?
b) Jim contributed the rights to a patent he owned to DBJ in exchange for the DBJ stock. The patent was worth $15,000 and Jim’s basis in the patent was $8,000. How much gain does Jim recognize on the exchange? What is Jim’s basis in the DBJ stock?