McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals and Business Entities 3rd Edition by Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

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Robert and Sylvia propose to have their corporation, Wolverine Universal (WU), acquire another corporation, EMU, Inc. in a tax-deferred triangular Type A merger using an acquisition subsidiary of WU.The sole shareholder of EMU, Edie Eagle, will receive $250,000 plus $150,000 of WU voting stock in the transaction.a.Can the transaction be structured as a forward triangular Type A merger? Explain why or why not.b.Can the transaction be structured as a reverse triangular Type A merger? Explain why or why not.