Jbc corporation is owned 20 percent by john, 30 percent by brian, 30 percent by charlie, and 20 percent by z corporation. z corporation is owned 80 percent by john and 20 percent by an unrelated party. brian and charlie are brothers. answer each of the following questions about jbc under the constructive ownership rules of section 267: < ? xml: namespace prefix = o ns = "urn: schemas-microsoft-com: office: office" />
a. what is john's percentage ownership?
b. what is brian's percentage ownership?
c. what is charlie's percentage ownership? %
d. if brian sells property to jbc for a $6,000 loss, what amount of that loss can be recognized for tax purposes (before any annual limitations)?

Verizon communications, inc., provides the following footnote relating to its leasing activities in its 10-k report. the aggregate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases for the periods shown at december 31, 2010, are as follows: years (dollars in millions) capital leases operatingleases 2011 $97 $1,898 2012 74 1,720 2013 70 1,471 2014 54 1,255 2015 42 1,012 thereafter 81 5,277 total minimum 418 $ 12,633 rental commitments less interest and (86) executory costs present value of 332 minimum lease payments less current (75) installments long-term obligation $257 at december 31, 2010 (a) confirm that verizon capitalized its capital leases using a rate of 7.4 %. (b) compute the present value of verizon's operating leases, assuming an 7.4% discount rate and rounding the remaining lease term to 3 decimal places. (use a financial calculator or excel to compute. do not round until your final answers. round each answer to the nearest whole number.)