Jakub and Sylvia propose to have their corporation, Wolverine Universal (WU), acquire another corporation, EMU...

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Jakub and Sylvia propose to have their corporation, Wolverine Universal (WU), acquire another corporation, EMU Incorporated, in a stock-for-stock Type B acquisition. The sole shareholder of EMU, Edie Eagle, will receive $450,000 of WU voting stock in the transaction. Edie's tax basis in the EMU stock is $102,000.
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a. What amount of gain or loss does Edie recognize if the transaction is structured as a stock-for-stock Type B acquisition?

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