Gold Company Was Experiencing Financial Difficulties but Was Not Bankrupt

Multiple Choice

Gold Company was experiencing financial difficulties but was not bankrupt or insolvent.National Bank, which held a mortgage on other real estate owned by Gold, reduced the principal from $110,000 to $85,000.The bank had made the loan to Gold when it purchased the real estate from Silver, Inc.Pink, Inc., the holder of a mortgage on Gold's building, agreed to accept $40,000 in full payment of the $55,000 due.Pink had sold the building to Gold for $150,000 that was to be paid in installments over eight years.As a result of the above, Gold must:

A) Include $40,000 in gross income.
B) Reduce the basis in its assets by $40,000.
C) Include $25,000 in gross income and reduce its basis in its assets by $15,000.
D) Include $15,000 in gross income and reduce its basis in the building by $25,000.
E) None of these.