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dividends were received by the partnership. Acquired 100 shares of Ace Corporation common stock for $30 a share on January 12, 2014. She sold the stock on December 19 for $55 a share. Paid $1,300 for prescription medicines and $1,875 in physician and hospital bills. Medical insurance premiums were paid by her employer. Paid real property taxes of $1,675 on her personal residence and interest on her home mortgage was $4,285, and interest paid to credit card companies tot aled $360. Contributed $25 each week to her church and $15 each week to United Way. Paid $1,500 in estimated federal income taxes throughout the year. Artifact Three: Tax Memo II Corporation Issue Clifford Company has encountered the following issue: The company would like to make a property distribution (dividend) of the three machines that it uses in its business. It no longer needs two of these machines. All three machines have a fair market value of $20,000 each. The basis of each machine is as follows: Machine A, $27,000; Machine B, $20,000; and Machine C, $12,000. The corporation has asked you for advice. What do you recommend?