A Shareholder Contributes Land to His Wholly Owned Corporation but Receives

question 43

True/False

A shareholder contributes land to his wholly owned corporation but receives no stock in return. The corporation has a zero basis in the land.

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Definitions:

Trial Balance

A bookkeeping worksheet in which the balances of all ledgers are compiled into debit and credit account columns to check the accuracy of the accounts.

Ledger

A comprehensive collection of all accounts and transactions of a company or individual, recorded in a systematic manner.

Account Balance

The amount of money in a financial repository at any given moment, which can fluctuate with deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments.

Chart of Accounts

An organized list of all the different financial accounts used by an entity to categorize transactions.