68.An S corporation has an accumulated adjustments account balance of $50,000 at the beginning of the year and accumulated earnings and profits of $20,000. The corporation earns $40,000 for the year. The corporation makes a distribution of $120,000. What would the sole shareholders stock basis have to be at the beginning of the year to avoid any capital gain reporting?

70.Some stock in a calendar-year S corporation is sold to a nonresident alien on February 13, 2013. On what date is the corporations status as an S corporation terminated?

72.How is a taxpayer able to remove income previously taxed from an S corporation that has terminated its status without incurring any additional tax?

74.A shareholder purchased 20 percent of the stock of an S corporation three-quarters of the way through the year for $10,000. The S corporation incurred a net operating loss of $320,000. What is the amount the shareholder may deduct on his personal income tax return, assuming the at-risk and passive activity rules do not apply?

a.A loss of $64,000

b.A loss of $16,000

c.A loss of $10,000

d.A loss of $2,000

e.None of the above

76.John owns stock in an S corporation. Johns share of the corporations loss for the year is $5,000. His adjusted basis in the corporation stock is $1,000. In addition, John has a loan outstanding to the corporation in the amount of $2,000. What amount, if any, is John entitled to deduct with respect to the loss, assuming he meets the at-risk and passive activity requirements?

a.$5,000

b.$3,000

c.$2,000

d.$1,000

e.None of the above