Gladys Contributes Land with an Adjusted Basis of $85,000 and a Fair

question 59

Essay

Gladys contributes land with an adjusted basis of $85,000 and a fair market value of $100,000 to a business entity in which she is an 80% owner on the first day of the tax year.Discuss the tax consequences to Gladys if the business entity sells the land six months later for $120,000 if:

Compare and contrast de jure and de facto segregation and discuss the challenges in eradicating de facto segregation.

Understand the concept and implications of minimum efficient scale.

Identify the point at which diseconomies of scale set in for a firm.

Distinguish between economies and diseconomies of scale.

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Definitions:

Customer Classification Departments

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Mercy Medical Center

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Rule Utilitarianism

An ethical theory that suggests the rightness or wrongness of an action should be judged by the rules that are followed, and that these rules should be chosen based on the utility or happiness they produce.

Act Deontology

A form of deontological ethics focused on the inherent morality of individual actions, regardless of their outcomes.