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Rosa contributes $50,000 to a business entity in exchange for a 10% ownership interest. Rosa materially participates in the entity. The business entity incurs a loss of $900,000 for the current tax year and holds liabilities at the end of the year of $700,000. Of this amount, $150,000 is recourse debt and $550,000 is nonrecourse debt.
If an amount is zero, enter "0".
a. Assume that the business entity is a partnership.
How much of the entity loss can Rosa deduct on her the current
tax year income tax return?
$________
What is her basis for the partnership interest at the end of the
current tax year?
$__________
b. Assume that the business entity is a C corporation.
How much of the entity loss can Rosa deduct on her the current
tax year income tax return?
$_________
What is her basis for the stock at the end of the current tax
year?
$________
Q.A: How much of Rosa’s share of the loss can she deduct for the year on her individual tax return?
Answer:
Rosa can claim $ 90,000 (being 10% of $900,000) share of loss on her individual tax return
Q. A1: What is Rosa’s basis for her partnership interest at the end of the year?
Answer:
Given in the question is that Rosa has contributed $ 50,000 to FlipCo in exchange for a 10% ownership interest. This basis is good enough to allow her a 10% partnership interest in FlipCo at the end of the year
B: What is Rosa’s basis for her stock at the end of the year?
Answer:
Rosa had contributed $ 50,000 to FlipCo for a 10% interest. Loss made at the end of the year by FlipCo is $900,000, 10% of which is Rosa’s share. So he next capital value of her stock is
Capital brought in for 10% partnership A $ 50,000
Loss at end of year B ($90,000)
Capital (stock value) at end of year A-B ($40,000)