Gains and Losses on Nontaxable Exchanges Are Deferred Because the Tax

question 93

True/False

Gains and losses on nontaxable exchanges are deferred because the tax law recognizes that nontaxable exchanges result in a change in the form but not the substance of the taxpayer's relative economic position.

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