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Present Value Tables needed for this question. Sugar Corporation would like to acquire Salt Corporation on January 1 of the current year in a tax-free reorganization. Salt is particularly appealing to Sugar because Salt has a $250,000 capital loss that can carry over for five years. Sugar expects large capital gains for the next several years in addition to its expected $2.5 million net income. At the time of the restructuring, Salt has assets valued at $2 million (basis of $1.4 million). Sugar is proposing exchanging 45% of its stock for all of Salt's assets. The Federal long-term tax-exempt rate is 2% and Sugar's discount rate for investment decisions both currently 7%. What is the maximum present value of the capital loss to Sugar?


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