Question

Rex and Felix are the sole shareholders of the Dogs and Cats Corporation (DCC). After several years of operations using the accrual method, they decided to liquidate the corporation and operate the business as a partnership. Rex and Felix hired a lawyer to draw up the legal papers to dissolve the corporation, but they need some tax advice from you, their trusted accountant. They are hoping you will find a way for them to liquidate the corporation while minimizing their total income tax liability.

Rex has a tax basis in his shares of $72,000 and Felix has a tax basis in his shares of $36,000. The DCC’s tax accounting balance sheet at the date of liquidation is as follows: (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.) Corporate tax rate

	Adjusted Basis			FMV
Assets
Cash	$	34,000		$	34,000
Accounts receivable		11,000			11,000
Inventory		11,000			22,000
Equipment		34,000			22,000
Building		17,000			34,000
Land		13,000			50,000
Total assets	$	120,000		$	173,000
Liabilities
Accounts payable				$	5,000
Mortgage payable—Building					7,500
Mortgage payable—Land					7,500
Total liabilities				$	20,000
Shareholders’ Equity
Common stock—Rex (80%)	$	72,000		$	118,000
Common stock—Felix (20%)		36,000			35,000
Total shareholders equity	$	108,000		$	153,000

Required:

a. Compute the gain or loss recognized by Rex, Felix, and DCC on a complete liquidation of the corporation assuming each shareholder receives a pro rata distribution of the corporation’s assets and assumes a pro rata amount of the liabilities.

b. Compute the gain or loss recognized by Rex, Felix, and DCC on a complete liquidation of the corporation assuming Felix receives $35,000 in cash and Rex receives the remainder of the assets and assumes all of the liabilities.

For parts c and d: Assume Felix received the accounts receivable and equipment and assumed the accounts payable.

c. Will Felix recognize any income when he collects the accounts receivable?

d. Will Felix be able to take a deduction when he pays the accounts payable?

For parts e and f: Assume Rex is a corporate shareholder of DCC.

e. Compute the gain or loss recognized by Rex, Felix, and DCC on a complete liquidation of the corporation assuming each shareholder receives a pro rata distribution of the corporation’s assets and assumes a pro rata amount of the liabilities.

f. Compute the gain or loss recognized by Rex, Felix, and DCC on a complete liquidation of the corporation assuming Felix receives $36,000 in cash and Rex receives the remainder of the assets and assumes all of the liabilities.

Answer 1