Aaron, Deanne, and Keon formed the Blue Bell General Partnership at the beginning of the current year.

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Aaron, Deanne, and Keon formed the Blue Bell General Partnership at the beginning of the current year. Aaron and Deanne each contributed $110,000 and Keon transferred an acre of undeveloped land to the partnership. The land had a tax basis of $70,000 and was appraised at $180,000. The land was also encumbered with a $70,000 nonrecourse mortgage for which no one was personally liable. All three partners agreed to split profits and losses equally. At the end of the first year Blue Bell made a $7,000 principal payment on the mortgage. For the first year of operations, the partnership records disclosed the following information:

Sales revenue ........................................................................ $470,000

Cost of goods sold.................................................................. $410,000

Operating expenses ............................................................... $70,000

Long-term capital gains ........................................................... $2,400

ยง1231 gains.................................................................................. $900

Charitable contributions.............................................................. $300

Municipal bond interest................................................................ $300

Salary paid as a guaranteed payment to Deanne (not included in expenses) ...$3,000

a. Compute the adjusted basis of each partner's interest in the partnership immediately after the formation of the partnership.

b. List the separate items of partnership income, gains, losses, and deductions that the partners must show on their individual income tax returns that include the results of the partnership's first year of operations.

c. Using the information generated in answering parts a. and b., prepare Blue Bells' page 1 and Schedule K to be included with its Form 1065 for its first year of operations along with Schedule K-1 for Deanne.

d. What are the partners' adjusted bases in their partnership interests at the end of the first year of operations?

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Taxation Of Individuals And Business Entities 2015

ISBN: 9780077862367

6th Edition

Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

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