C:2-44. Jerry transfers property having a $32,000 adjusted basis and a $50,000 FMV to Emerald Corporation in exchange for all of Emerald’s stock worth $15,000 and Emerald’s assumption of a $35,000 mortgage on the property.
a. What is the amount of Jerry’s recognized gain or loss?
b. What is Jerry’s basis in the Emerald stock?
c. What is Emerald’s basis in the property?
d. How would your answers to Parts a through c change if the mortgage assumed by Emerald were $15,000 and the Emerald stock were worth $35,000?
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