Tempe Corporation is a calendar-year corporation. At the beginning of 2020, its election to be taxed as

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Tempe Corporation is a calendar-year corporation. At the beginning of 2020, its election to be taxed as an S corporation became effective. Tempe Corp.’s balance sheet at the end of 2019 reflected the following assets (it did not have any earnings and profits from its prior years as a C corporation):

Asset

Adjusted basis

FMV

Cash

$20,000

$20,000

Accounts receivable

40,000

40,000

Inventory

160,000

200,000

Land

150,000

120,000

 Totals

$370,000

$380,000


Tempe Corp.’s business income for the year was $40,000 (this would have been its taxable income if it were a C corporation).

a. During 2020, Tempe Corp. sold all of the inventory it owned at the beginning of the year for $210,000.  What is its built-in gains tax in 2020?

b. Assume the same facts as in part (a), except that if Tempe Corp. were a C corporation, its taxable income would have been $7,000.  What is its built-in gains tax in 2020?

c. Assume the original facts except the land was valued at $140,000 instead of $120,000.  What is Tempe Corp.’s built-in gains tax in 2020?

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Taxation Of Individuals And Business Entities 2021

ISBN: 9781260247138

12th Edition

Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Barrick, Troy Lewis, John Robinson, Connie Weaver, Ronald Worsham

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