Question

Scarlet Corporation, the parent corporation, has a basis of $600,000 in the stock of Brown Corporation, a subsidiary in which Scarlet owns 90% of all classes of stock. Scarlet purchased the stock in Brown Corporation 10 years ago. In the current year, Scarlet Corporation liquidates Brown Corporation and acquires assets worth $800,000 and with a tax basis to Brown Corporation of $950,000. What basis will Scarlet Corporation have in the assets acquired from Brown Corporation

Answer 1

$950,000

Step-by-step explanation:

As per IRS section 332, in the case when the parent company received a property when the complete liquidation of subsidiary company is done so the receipts of such property would not recorded either any loss or gain. Also the basis of the parent company assets would be carry over basis.

So here the basis would be $950,000

The same is to be considered