Question

Sky Corp. was a wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Corp. Both corporations were domestic C corporations. Jet received a liquidating distribution of property in cancellation of its Sky stock when Jet’s tax basis in Sky stock was $100,000. The distributed property had an adjusted basis of $135,000 and a fair market value of $250,000. What amount of taxable gain did Jet, the parent corporation, recognize on the receipt of the property?

Answer 1

Answer:

The amount of taxable gain os $0, upon the liquidity of the Corporation

Explanation:

Sky Corp. is the wholly owned subsidiary, so , in the process of complete liquidation of the controlled subsidiary, will not recognized any gain or loss into the parent corporation which is Jet Corp.

So, the amount of taxable gain will be $0, which means no gain or loss recognized.