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Flora Company Owed $95,000, a Debt Incurred to Purchase Land

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Flora Company owed $95,000, a debt incurred to purchase land that serves as security for the debt.


A) If Flora had borrowed the funds from a bank, the bank accepts $85,000 in full payment of the debt, and Flora is solvent after the transfer, Flora does not recognize income, but the company must reduce the cost of the land by $10,000.
B) If Flora had borrowed the funds from a bank, and the bank accepts $85,000 in full payment of the debt, when the value of the property is $80,000, Flora can deduct a loss.
C) If Flora transfers to the bank other property, with a basis of $90,000 and a fair market value of $95,000, in full payment of the debt, Flora can recognize a $5,000 loss.
D) If the $95,000 is owed to the person who sold the property to Flora, and the creditor accepts $85,000 in full payment for the debt, Flora does not recognize gain but must reduce its basis in the land.
E) None of these.

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