Xco is an accrual basis taxpayer with multiple lines of businesses. One business is a gas station. The land underneath the gas station did not appear contaminated when Xco purchased it. However, the land now has potential soil and groundwater problems (environmental liabilities). Xco engaged in a section 351 tax free exchange transferring the gas station to a new subsidiary Sco in exchange for the stock of Sco and the assumption of the environmental liabilities. (Xco controls Sco)
Before the transfer, Xco did not take any environmental remediation efforts to clean up the landâssoil and groundwater problems. (No change in basis perhaps?)
How is the basis of Xcoâs land determined? (Sco takes the same basis as Xco, but I don’t knowhow Xco determined their basis. Historical?)
Interpretations of the Reichstag Fire
i) Van der Lubbe was a madman, and he set fire to the Reichstag all by himself, but the Nazis genuinely believed the fire was the start of a Communist uprising. ii) The Reichstag Fire was started by the Nazis to give them an excuse to take emergency powers and lock up or kill the […]
