Kaiwan, Inc., a calendar year S corporation, is partly owned by Sharrod, whose beginning stock basis is $55,000. During the year, Sharrod's share of a Kaiwan long-term capital gain (LTCG) is $8,250, and his share of an ordinary loss is $33,275. Sharrod then receives a $33,000 cash distribution. Compute the following. a. Sharrod's deductible loss.
b. Sharrod's suspended loss.
c. Sharrod's new basis in the Kaiwan stock.

Varto company has 9,400 units of its sole product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $23 each. this year’s model is superior to last year’s, and the 9,400 units cannot be sold at last year’s regular selling price of $42 each. varto has two alternatives for these items: (1) they can be sold to a wholesaler for $8 each, or (2) they can be reworked at a cost of $251,100 and then sold for $34 each. prepare an analysis to determine whether varto should sell the products as is or rework them and then sell them.