Zhang incorporated her sole proprietorship by transferring inventory, a building, and land to the corporation in return

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Zhang incorporated her sole proprietorship by transferring inventory, a building, and land to the corporation in return for 100 percent of the corporation's stock. The property transferred to the corporation had the following fair market value and adjusted basis.

______________________________________FMVAdjusted Basis

Inventory..................$ 20,000...............$10,000

Building......................150,000...............100,000

Land...........................230,000...............300,000

Total........................$ 400,000.............$ 410,000

The corporation also assumed a mortgage of $100,000 attached to the building and land. The fair market value of the corporation's stock received in the exchange was $300,000. The transaction met the requirements to be tax-deferred under §351.

1. What amount of gain or loss does Zhang realize on the transfer of the property to her corporation?

2. What amount of gain or loss does Zhang recognize on the transfer of the property to her corporation?

3. What is Zhang's tax basis in the stock she receives in the exchange?

4. What is the corporation's adjusted basis in each of the assets received in the exchange?

Assume the corporation assumed a mortgage of $500,000 attached to the building and land. Assume the fair market value of the building is now $250,000 and the fair market value of the land is $530,000. The fair market value of the stock remains $300,000.

5. How much, if any, gain or loss does Zhang recognize on the exchange assuming the revised facts?

6. What is Zhang's basis in the stock she receives in the exchange?

7. Calculate the corporation's adjusted basis in each of the assets received in the exchange?

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Taxation Of Individuals And Business Entities 2015

ISBN: 9780077862367

6th Edition

Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

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