Brown Corporation Purchased 85% of the Stock of Green Corporation

question 28

True/False

Brown Corporation purchased 85% of the stock of Green Corporation five years ago for $850,000. In the current year, Brown Corporation liquidates Green Corporation and acquires assets with a basis to Green Corporation of
$700,000 (fair market value of $1.1 million). Brown Corporation will have a basis in the assets of $850,000, the same as Brown's basis in its Green stock.

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