Question

Gee Corporation purchased land from an unrelated corporation several years ago for $105,000. The land was used by Gee as a storage lot for company trucks. Gee sold the land to Wilkers, its 85%-owned subsidiary corporation, last year (July 3) for $115,000. The land was also used in Wilkers' trade or business. Wilkers Corporation sold the land this year (August 22) for $130,000 to a corporation that was not a member of the affiliated group. The $130,000 purchase price is to be collected in five equal, annual installments, commencing with the current year's sale date. What gains and losses are recognized, deferred, or restored by Gee and Wilkers Corporations?

Answer 1

Gee Corporation must report the $10,000 Sec.1231 gain recognized on the sale of the land last year to Wilkers in its seperate taxable income. The gain is deferred by the affliated group in determining consolidated taxable income until the year the property is sold outside the group.The recomputed $25,000.Wilkers recognizes a $15,000 Sec. 1231 gain in the current year when it sells the land for non member of the group.The group then restores the $10,000 balance of the recomputed gain as 1231 gain.