Taxable Exchanges of Property
1. Majority view:  provides that property acquired in a taxable exchange of properties receives a cost basis equal to its FMV.  The rationale for this rule appears logical only after one considers that it is based on an analysis of tax, not actual economic, cost.  Philadelphia Park Amusement v. United States (1954)
2. Ascher’s Rules: Basis in the new equals the basis in the old plus gain or loss realized on the old.