Four Shareholders Form a New Corporation in Exchange for Stock

question 18

Multiple Choice

Four shareholders form a new corporation in exchange for stock with a fair market value of $1,000 per share.Benjamin transfers investment land (current fair market value of $35,000) that he purchased 10 year ago for $15,000.In exchange, Benjamin receives 30 shares of stock and $5,000 cash.Andrew transfers a machine with a basis of $45,000 and a fair market value of $35,000.Andrew receives 30 shares of stock and $5,000 cash.Emily transfers a rental office building (current fair market value of $45,000) that she purchased 20 years ago for $60,000.Its current basis is $15,000 after recognition of $45,000 in depreciation expense.The corporation assumes the $20,000 balance on the original mortgage and Emily receives 25 shares of stock from the corporation in the exchange.Jackson provided the legal services to organize the corporation (value $5,000) and contributes $10,000 in cash in exchange for 15 shares of stock.What is the corporation's basis for the building it received from Emily?

• A)$10,000
• B)$15,000
• C)$20,000
• D)$35,000

Identify transactions that involve compound entries.

Understand how transactions impact account balances.

Classify accounts into their correct categories.

Distinguish between accounts that have a normal debit or credit balance.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate, on average, from the mean.

Data Distribution

Describes how the values in a data set are spread or distributed.

Proportion of Measurements

The fraction or percentage of measurements falling within a specified range in a dataset.

Frequency Tabulation

A statistical method for organizing data into a table to show how often each different value occurs.