Reference no: EM132465890

Rex and Felix are the sole shareholders of Dogs and Cats Corporation (DCC). After several years of operations using the accrual method, they decided to liquidate the corporation and operate the business as a partnership. Rex and Felix hired a lawyer to draw up the legal papers to dissolve the corporation, but they need some tax advice from you, their trusted accountant. They are hoping you will find a way for them to liquidate the corporation while minimizing their total income tax liability.

Rex has a tax basis in his shares of 110,000 and Felix has a tax basis in his shares of $80,000. DCC's tax accounting balance sheet at the date of liquidation is as follows:

	Adjusted	DCC
ASSETs	Basis	FMV                             Difference
Cash	80,000	80,000
Accounts Receivable	60,000	60,000
Inventory	60,000	70,000                               10,000
Equipment	80,000	70,000                           -10,000
Building	65,000	80,000                               15,000
Land	55,000	90,000                               35,000
Total Assets	400,000	450,000	50,000
Liablities
Accounts Payable		55,000
Mortgag payable-building		60,000
Mortgage payable- Land		60,000	80%	140000
Total Liabilities		175,000	20%	35000
Shareholder's Equity
Common-Stock-Rex (80%)		150,000
Common-Stock- Felix (20%)		75,000
Total Shareholders Equity		175,000

Question a. Compute the gain or loss recognized by Rex, Felix, and DCC on a complete liquidation of the corporation assuming each shareholder receives a pro rata distribution of the corporation's assets and assumes a pro rata amount of the liabilities.

Question b. Compute the gain or loss recognized by Rex, Felix, and DCC on a complete liquidation of the corporation.

For parts c and d: Assume Felix received the accounts receivable and equipment and assumed the accounts payable.

Question c. Will Felix recognize any income when he collects the accounts receivable?

Question d. Will Felix be able to take a deduction when he pays the accounts payable?

For parts e and f: Assume Rex is a corporate shareholder of DCC.

Question e. Compute the gain or loss recognized by Rex, Felix, and DCC on a complete liquidation of the corporation assuming each shareholder receives a pro rata distribution of the corporation's assets and assumes a pro rata amount of the liabilities.

Question f. Compute the gain or loss recognized by Rex, Felix, and DCC on a complete liquidation of the corporation assuming Felix receives $75,000 in cash and Rex receives the remainder of the assets and assumes all of the liabilities.