Sky corp. was a wholly-owned subsidiary of jet corp. both corporations were domestic c corporations. jet received a liquidating distribution of property in cancellation of its sky stock when jet's tax basis in sky stock was $100,000. the distributed property had an adjusted basis of $135,000 and a fair market value of $250,000. what amount of taxable gain did jet, the parent corporation, recognize on the receipt of the property?

You are head of the schwartz family endowment for the arts. you have decided to fund an arts school in the san francisco bay area in perpetuity. every 5 years, you will give the school $ 1 comma 000 comma 000. the first payment will occur 5 years from today. if the interest rate is 5.9 % per year, what is the present value of your gift?

China white was the black market selling of ivory, in which the profit was redistributed back into the trafficking of heroin.

Which of the following best describes the economic effect that results from the government having a budget surplus? a. consumers save more and spend less, enabling long-term financial planning. b. overall demand decreases, reducing the incentive for producers to increase production. c. banks have more deposits, enabling them to make more loans to investors. d. government spending increases, increasing competition for goods and services and driving prices up.