Question: Do not copy paste the answers avaliable.Use the assumptions below to answer the question Assumptions: Use a flat corporate tax rate of 21% for all
Do not copy paste the answers avaliable.Use the assumptions below to answer the question
| Assumptions: | |||||||
| Use a flat corporate tax rate of 21% for all problems. For individuals assume a tax rate of 15% for all dividends and capital gains. | |||||||
| Assume there is no Alternative Minimum Tax for these problems. | |||||||
| Assume that all entities are US domestic corporations, taxed under Subchapter C of the IRC unless otherwise noted. | |||||||
| the internal revenue code. | |||||||
| Cassie is a stockholder in Witch Corporation. On January 1, 2020, her ownership was: | |||||||||
| Shares: | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Basis | 200,000 | ||||||||
| Acquisition Date: | 1/01/2010 | ||||||||
| On April 1, 2020, Witch Corporation was trading at $ | 500 | per share. On that date it issued | |||||||
| a one for one stock warrant to all shareholders (one warrant was issued for each share owned). | |||||||||
| The warrants were issued proportionately to all common stockholders. The warrants gave | |||||||||
| the holder the right to purchase stock in Witch Corporation at $ | 400 | per share at any time | |||||||
| in the next six months. | |||||||||
| a) | What are the tax consequences to Cassie as a result of the April 1 warrant issuance? | ||||||||
| b) | What are the tax consequences to Cassie if she sells 500 warrants on June 1, 2020 for $100 per warrant? | ||||||||
| c) | What are the tax consequences to Cassie if she exercises all the warrants on August 1, 2020? | ||||||||
| d) | What are the tax consequences to Cassie if she allows the warrants to expire on December 1, 2020. | ||||||||
| e) | Would your answers for a) - d) change if the warrants instead allowed shareholder to purchase | ||||||||
| stock at $450 per share (absent any elections to the contrary)? If so, how (show all your | |||||||||
| calculations) ? | |||||||||
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