A developer owns an office building that is encumbered by a mortgage. He leases 10,000 square feet to a tenant for 10 years at a very attractive rate. Six months later, the bank forecloses on the mortgage and ends up as the property owner. What is the status of the tenant's lease

On july 1, 2016, killearn company acquired 103,000 of the outstanding shares of shaun company for $21 per share. this acquisition gave killearn a 40 percent ownership of shaun and allowed killearn to significantly influence the investee's decisions. as of july 1, 2016, the investee had assets with a book value of $6 million and liabilities of $1,468,500. at the time, shaun held equipment appraised at $140,000 above book value; it was considered to have a seven-year remaining life with no salvage value. shaun also held a copyright with a five-year remaining life on its books that was undervalued by $562,500. any remaining excess cost was attributable to goodwill. depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method. killearn applies the equity method for its investment in shaun. shaun's policy is to declare and pay a $1 per share cash dividend every april 1 and october 1. shaun's income, earned evenly throughout each year, was $580,000 in 2016, $606,600 in 2017, and $649,200 in 2018. in addition, killearn sold inventory costing $93,000 to shaun for $155,000 during 2017. shaun resold $97,500 of this inventory during 2017 and the remaining $57,500 during 2018.a. determine the equity income to be recognized by killearn during each of these years. 2016 2017 2018b. compute killearn’s investment in shaun company’s balance as of december 31, 2018.

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The stock of grommet corporation, a u.s. company, is publicly traded, with no single shareholder owning more than 5 percent of its outstanding stock. grommet owns 95 percent of the outstanding stock of staple inc., also a u.s. company. staple owns 100 percent of the outstanding stock of clip corporation, a canadian company. grommet and clip each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of fastener inc., a u.s. company. grommet and staple each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of binder corporation, a u.s. company. which of these corporations form an affiliated group eligible to file a consolidated tax return?