Rich and Rita propose to have their corporation, Big Blue, acquire another corporation, Green Company,...

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Rich and Rita propose to have their corporation, Big Blue, acquire another corporation, Green Company, in a stock-for-stock Type B acquisition. The sole shareholder of Green, Mark Dee, will receive $500,000 of Big Blue voting stock in the transaction. Mark's tax basis in his Green stock is $100,000. What is Mark's tax basis in the Big Blue stock he receives in the exchange and what is Big Blue's basis in the Green stock it receives in return?

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