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Babex Inc and OMG Company Entered into an Exchange of Real

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Babex Inc. and OMG Company entered into an exchange of real property. Here is the information for the properties to be exchanged.  Babex OMGFMV $1,000,000$825,000 Adjusted tax basis768,000514,500Mortgage 175,0000\begin{array}{lll}&\text { Babex }&OMG\\\text {FMV }&\$1,000,000&\$825,000\\\text { Adjusted tax basis}&768,000&514,500\\\text {Mortgage }&175,000&-0-\\\end{array} Pursuant to the exchange, OMG assumed the mortgage on the Babex property. Compute OMG's gain recognized on the exchange and its tax basis in the property received from Babex.


A) $175,000 gain recognized; $514,500 basis in Babex property.
B) No gain recognized; $689,500 basis in Babex property.
C) No gain recognized; $514,500 basis in Babex property.
D) None of these choices are correct.

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