basis in property from a corporation (c corp)'s non liquidating distribution

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    startupcfo
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    Kent Corp. is a calendar-year, accrual-basis, C corporation. In the current year, Kent made a nonliquidating distribution of property with an adjusted basis of $150,000 and a fair market value of $200,000 to Reed, its sole shareholder. The following information pertains to Kent:

    Reed’s basis in Kent stock at January 1 $500,000

    Accumulated earnings and profits at

    January 1 125,000

    Current earnings and profits, including

    the effects of this distribution 60,000

    SO I’VE CONCLUDED THAT THE GUY GETS A 185k DIVIDEND. What I can’t seem to figure out is what his new basis is in the new property.

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  • #786198
    tuanxn
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    shareholder's property in distributed property from C-corps and S-corps is FMV

    #786199
    Char143
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    I have no idea if I am correct on this, but I believe his basis is $200,000 (the fmv) and his basis in the corp is now $485,000 (500,000-15,000). Maybe?

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    #786200
    Tuthegreat
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    where is this “s-corp” fact pattern coming from? a c-corp can have non-liquidating distribution without being converted into an s-corp..

    why would you want a conversion from c to s? trapped losses and BIG taxes. not ideal situation…

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    #786201
    katlind14
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    I had issues with this question when i came across it in Becker……

    First, the dividend that Reed will actually receive from this distribution is $200,000. That is because when Kent Corp distributes the property to Reed they recognize a gain of $50,000. As a result, their Current E&P increases to $110,000 ($60,000 + $50,000). In total, Kent Corp now has $235,000 in Current E&P and Accumulated E&P. Therefore, Reed's entire $200,000 distribution of the property will be a dividend and there will not be any return on capital.

    Since there is no return on capital, Reed's basis will stay at $500,000 in Kent Corp and the basis Reed takes in the property is the FMV, which is $200,000.

    Hopefully this helps!

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    #786202
    tulanecpa
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    Katlind, the question states that the effect of the gain from the distribution is included in current E&P. Thus, the dividend amount is still $185,000 (taxable).

    Reed's basis in C Corp will decrease by the excess $15K over E&P to $485K.

    As for the shareholder's basis, I'm not quite sure. I'd imagine it would be $200K though.

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    startupcfo
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    Katlind, does the fact that this is a controlled affect the answer? What if this person only owned 2% of the c-corp vs 100%?

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