AB Corporation and YZ Corporation formed a partnership to construct a shopping mall. AB contributed $$576,000$ cash, and YZ contributed land $($ $$576,000$ FMV and $$506,000$ basis$)$ in exchange for a $50$ percent interest in ABYZ Partnership. Immediately after its formation, ABYZ borrowed $$288,000$ from a local bank. The debt is recourse $($unsecured by any specific partnership asset$).$

Required:

a$.$ Compute each partner's initial basis in its partnership interest, assuming that both $AB$ and $YZ$ are general partners.

b$.$ Compute each partner's initial basis in its partnership interest, assuming that $AB$ is a general partner, and $YZ$ is a limited partner.

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Required $A$

Required B

Compute each partner's initial basis in its partnership interest, assuming that both $AB$ and $YZ$ are general partners.

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