Identify which of the following statements is false.
A) Sec. 337(a) provides that the liquidating corporation recognizes no gain or loss on the distribution of property to the 80% distributee in a complete Sec. 332 liquidation.
B) A corporation that distributes the stock of a subsidiary may elect to treat the distribution as a sale of the subsidiary's assets.
C) The depreciation recapture provisions in Secs. 1245 and 1250 override the Sec. 337(a) nonrecognition rule if a controlled subsidiary corporation is liquidated into its parent corporation.
D) Liquidating distributions made to minority shareholders in the tax- free liquidation of a controlled subsidiary corporation are treated by the liquidating corporation in the same way as nonliquidating distributions.
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