Question 1

Goose Company is owned equally by Val and her sister Eugenia, each of whom owns 485 shares in the company. Val wants to reduce her ownership in the company and have the transaction treated as an exchange for tax purposes. Determine the minimum amount of stock that Goose must redeem from Val for her to treat the redemption as being "substantially disproportionate with respect to the shareholder" and receive exchange treatment. (Round your "number of shares redeemed" value to nearest whole number.)

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Question 2

Viking Corporation is owned equally by Sven and his wife, Olga, each of whom holds 100 shares in the company. Viking redeemed 75 shares of Sven's stock for $2,000 per share on December 31, 20X3. Viking has total E&P of $500,000. What are the tax consequences to Viking because of the stock redemption?

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A)  No reduction in E&P because of the exchange.
B)  A reduction of $150,000 in E&P because of the exchange.
C)  A reduction of $187,500 in E&P because of the exchange.
D)  A reduction of $375,000 in E&P because of the exchange.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Exam 18: Corporate Taxation: Nonliquidating Distributions

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