Computation and analysis of property dividend.
Raven Corporation owns three automobiles that it uses in its business. It no longer needs two of these automobiles and is considering distributing them to its two shareholders as a property dividend. All three have a fair market value of $20,000 and a basis as follows: automobile A, $27,000: automobile B, $20,000: and automobile C, $12,000. The corporation has asked you for advice. What do you recommend?