Q. Mountain Corporation forms Hill Corporation and acquires Mound Corporation by merging Mound into Hill Corporation, with the former Mound Corporation shareholders receiving solely voting stock of Mountain Corporation.
a. Illustrate what type of reorganization has taken place? Express the tax consequences to Mound Corporation, its former shareholders and Mountain Corporation.
b. Explain how would your answer change if the former Mound shareholders instead received only nonvoting stock of Mountain Corporation?