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Exercise 5-22 (LO. 7) What are the tax consequences to Euclid from the following independent events? In your computations, do not round intermediate division. If required, round the per share answer to two decimal places. Round all other answers to the nearest dollar. a. Euclid bought 500 shares of common stock five years ago for $50,000. This year, Euclid receives 20 shares of common stock as a nontaxable stock dividend. As a result of the stock dividend, Euclid's per share basis is $ b. Assume instead that Euclid received a nontaxable preferred stock dividend of 20 shares. The preferred stock has a fair market value of $5,000, and the common stock, on which the preferred is distributed, has a fair market value of $75,000. After the receipt of the stock dividend, the basis of the preferred stock is $ and the basis of the common stock is $

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Excercise 5-22. solution' the stock dividena; Euclid's. Per share a. As a result of basis is $100 b. After the receipt of stock dividend, the basis of . Preferred stock is $3,125, and the basis of the common stock is $46,875. Ebeplanation' : a Euclid's per Share basis : $50.000 . : soo shares in =$100 per share : b) common stock = $75.000 Preferred stock = $5,000 $80,000

. After the receipt of stock Dividend, the basis of preferred stock is = $$5,000 +$50,000 $20,000 - $3.125 common stock is = $15.000 x850,000 $80,000 = $10,875

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