Qwan,a USCorporation,reports $250,000 Interest Expense for the Tax Year How Should Qwan Assign Its Interest Expense Between U

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Qwan,a U.S.corporation,reports $250,000 interest expense for the tax year.None of the interest relates to nonrecourse debt or loans from affiliated corporations.Qwan's U.S.and foreign assets are reported as follows. $\begin{array}{lr}\text {Fair market value}-\\~~~\text { U.S. assets } & \$~~ 5,000,000 \\~~~\text { Foreign assets } & \$ 10,000,000\\\text {Tax book value}-\\~~~\text { U.S. assets } & \$ 2,000,000 \\~~~\text { Foreign assets } & \$ 6,000,000\end{array}$ How should Qwan assign its interest expense between U.S.and foreign sources to maximize its FTC for the current year?

• A)Using tax book values.
• B)Using tax book value for U.S.source and fair market value for foreign source.
• C)Using fair market values.
• D)Using fair market value for U.S.source and tax book value for foreign source.

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