Match the Following Items with the Statements That Follow

question 128

Multiple Choice

Match the following items with the statements that follow. Terms may be used more than once.
-Green Corporation transfers 20% of its voting stock to Brown Corporation's shareholders in exchange for 60% of Brown's common stock and 90% of its preferred stock. Green acquired 30% of Brown's common stock three years ago in a taxable transaction. Brown becomes a subsidiary of Green.

• A)Boot
• B)Business credits
• C)Capital gain
• D)Continuity of business enterprise
• E)Continuity of interest
• F)Dividend
• G)Discount rate
• H)Earnings and profits
• I)Federal long-term tax-exempt rate
• J)Liability assumption
• K)Ordinary gain
• L)Ownership change
• M)Section 382 limitation
• N)Sound business purpose
• O)Step transaction

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