Sweetwater Corporation Declared a Stock Distribution to All Common Stock

question 47

Essay

Sweetwater Corporation declared a stock distribution to all common stock shareholders of record on December 31, 20X3. Shareholders will receive one share of Sweetwater common stock for each five shares of common stock they already own. Pierre Dorgan owns 500 shares of Sweetwater common stock, with a tax basis of $150 per share. The fair market value of the Sweetwater common stock was $90 per share on December 31. What is Pierre's income tax basis per share in his new and existing common stock in Sweetwater, assuming the distribution is nontaxable?

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Definitions:

Unemployment

The situation in which individuals who are capable of working and willing to work cannot find employment.

Short-run Phillips Curve

A graphical representation showing an inverse relationship between the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate in the short-term.

Long-run Phillips Curve

The long-run Phillips Curve illustrates the theory that over time, the relationship between inflation and unemployment stabilizes, suggesting no long-term trade-off between the two.

Natural Rate

The natural rate is often described as the rate of unemployment where the labor market is in equilibrium, including frictional and structural unemployment but no cyclical unemployment.