Empire Corporation has operated as a C corporation for its first three years of existence because one of its shareholders disqualified it from electing S corporation status. That shareholder is now gone, and the remaining shareholders have elected S corporation status effective for the current year. Empire Corporation has one highly appreciated asset that it hopes to sell in the near future. How

many years must elapse before the sale in order to avoid the built-in gains tax?

A) 3 years
B) 5 years
C) 7 years
D) 10 years


B) 5 years

The built-in gain tax recognition period is five years.

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A) it becomes more difficult to consolidate manufacturing in a few large facilities. B) it becomes more difficult to distribute manufacturing in many local facilities. C) it becomes easier to consolidate manufacturing in a few large facilities. D) it becomes easier to consolidate manufacturing in many local facilities.

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