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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

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Mr. Boyd and Ms. Tuck decide to form a new corporation named BT Inc. Mr. Boyd transfers $20,000 cash, equipment (FMV $40,000; adjusted tax basis $41,500), and business inventory ($20,000 FMV; adjusted tax basis $12,000), and Ms. Tuck drafts the legal documents and designs the accounting system for B, valued at $20,000. BT issues 1,000 shares of common stock to its two shareholders. 2. Compute Ms. Tuck's realized and recognized gain on her exchange of property for stock, and determine her tax basis in her BT common share

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Here Ms Tuck contributed in drafting the legal documents & accounting system for the corporation of the value $20,000] and got half stock in the corporation. So now she has equal tax basis as of Mr. Boyd.

Tax basis means the value that a person pays for the assets in the business.

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