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Overview Part I As mentioned above, FSI is interested in acquiring either Lemonaid or...

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Overview
Part I
As mentioned above, FSI is interested in acquiring either Lemonaid or Limeaid for $10,000.
Below is the relevant information for the transaction.
Lemonaid = S Corp Limeaid = C Corp
a) What is the maximum price that an acquirer will pay to acquire Limeaid in a taxable asset
sale given that it will pay $10,000 in a taxable stock acquisition?
b) What is the maximum price that an acquirer will pay to acquire Lemonaid in a taxable stock
sale followed by an IRC Sec. 338(h)(10) election given it will pay $10,000 in a taxable stock
acquisition without the election?
c) What is the minimum price that Limeaid's shareholders will accept under part (a) above?
d) What is the minimum price that Lemonaid's shareholders will accept under part (b) above?
e) Given your answer in part (a) and part (c), should a taxable asset sale structure be employes
in the sale of Limeaid? Why or why not?
f) Given your answers to part (b) and (d), should the IRC Sec. 338(h)(10) election be made in
the sale of Lemonaid? Why or why not?
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