Why didn’t worldcom try to structure the transactions to get a “step-up” in the tax bases of mci’s assets(?

I believe that the answer to the question provided above is worldcom try to structure the transactions to get a “step-up” in the tax bases of mci’s assets because he doesn't have enough influence to do so.
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