When a Shareholder Receives Property Subject to a Liability Pursuant

question 75

True/False

When a shareholder receives property subject to a liability pursuant to a complete liquidation (not a parent-subsidiary liquidation), the fair market value of the property is reduced by the amount of the liability in computing the shareholder's gain (or loss) on the liquidation.

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