Jose owns a warehouse in Mexico City with a basis of $430,000 and a fair market value

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Jose owns a warehouse in Mexico City with a basis of $430,000 and a fair market value of $700,000. Lucien owns a warehouse in Boulder, Colorado, with a basis of $200,000 and a fair market value of $700,000. Jose and Lucien agree to exchange the warehouses.
a. Does this transaction qualify as a like-kind exchange?
b. Will Lucien recognize a gain or a loss? How much?
c. What is Lucien's basis in his Mexico City warehouse?

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Concepts In Federal Taxation

ISBN: 9780324379556

19th Edition

Authors: Kevin E. Murphy, Mark Higgins, Tonya K. Flesher

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