Identify Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 59

Multiple Choice

Identify which of the following statements is false.

• A)Liquidating distributions made to minority shareholders in the tax-free liquidation of a controlled subsidiary corporation are treated by the liquidating corporation in the same way as nonliquidating distributions.
• B)Sec. 337(a)provides that the liquidating corporation recognizes no gain or loss on the distribution of property to the 80% distributee in a complete Sec. 332 liquidation.
• C)The depreciation recapture provisions in Secs. 1245 and 1250 override the Sec. 337(a)nonrecognition rule if a controlled subsidiary corporation is liquidated into its parent corporation.
• D)A corporation that distributes the stock of a subsidiary may elect to treat the distribution as a sale of the subsidiary's assets.

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Definitions:

Chi-Square Statistic

A statistical measure used to evaluate the differences between observed and expected frequencies in categorical variables.

Observed Frequencies

The number of times a particular value or event actually occurs in a dataset.

Expected Frequencies

In statistical analysis, these refer to the counts predicted by a probability model or theoretical distribution, used in the comparison of observed data for goodness-of-fit tests.

Contingency Table

A table often used in statistics to show the frequency distribution of variables, helping in the analysis of the relationship between them.