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Arthur Forms Catbird Corporation with the Following Investment

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Arthur forms Catbird Corporation with the following investment:
Asset
Basis
Fair Market Value
Marketable securities

$600,000

$400,000
Land
500,000
800,000

Arthur receives all of the stock of Catbird.
a.What is Arthur's basis in the Catbird Corporation stock?
b.What is Catbird Corporation's basis in the marketable securities? The land?


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