Elastigirl owns a piece of real property with an adjusted basisof $480,000 and a fair market value of $1,000,000 and which issubject to a $400,000 mortgage. She exchanges the real property foran office building owned by Screenslaver. The building has anadjusted basis of $400,000 and a fair market value of $500,000.Screenslaver assumes Elastigirl’s mortgage on the land andtransfers stock with an adjusted basis of $150,000 and a fairmarket value of $100,000 to Elastigirl as part of the exchange.
a. What is Elastigirl’s realized and recognized gain or loss onthe exchange?
b. What is Screenslaver’s realized and recognized gain or losson the exchange?
c. What are the parties’ adjusted bases for each piece ofproperty received?
