h and Bill Jones buy property for $500,000. Tony and Bill organize a corporation when the property has a fair market value of $700,000. They transfer the property to the corporation for all its authorized capital stock, which has a par va

Pat Middleton owns a non-depreciable capital asset that originally cost $20,000 and is now worth $80,000. Pat transfers the asset to a corporation, receiving as payment debt of $60,000 and preferred shares with a value of $20,000. Pat and the corporation will elect under Section 85 to avoid paying tax on the transfer.   Determine the appropriate transfer price under Section 85. Determine the cost of the asset for the corporation, and the ACB and PUC for the preferred shares received as consideration.

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Ramona and Hermione formed Wiley Corporation on January 2. Ramona contributed cash of $235,000 in return for 50 percent of the corporation's stock. Hermione contributed a building and land with the following fair market values and adjusted tax bases in return for 50 percent of the corporation's stock: FMV Adjusted Tax Basis Building $ 88, 125 $ 23,500 Land 205, 625 94, 000 Total $ 293,750 $ 117,500 To equalize the exchange, Wiley Corporation paid Hermione $58, 750 in addition to her stock. d. What is Hermione's tax basis in the stock received in return for the contribution of property to the corporation? e. What adjusted tax basis does Wiley Corporation take in the land and building received from Hermione? f. Assume Hermione's adjusted tax basis in the land was $235,000. What amount of gain or loss does Hermione realize on the formation of the corporation? What amount, if any, does she recognize? G. Assume Hermione's adjusted tax basis in the land was $235,000. What adjusted tax basis…