On January $1,$ Year $1,$ Carrot, an individual, paid $$17,300$ for $5$ percent of the stock in Root Corp, an S corporation. In November, he loaned $$8,550$ to Root Corp. in return for a promissory note. Root Corp. generated a $$956,000$ operating loss in Year $1.$

Required:

a$.$ How much of his share of the loss can Carrot deduct on his Year $1$ return?

b$.$ Compute Carrot's basis in his Root Corp. stock and his Root Corp. note at the end of Year $1.$

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Compute Carrot's basis in his Root Corp. stock and his Root Corp. note at the end of Year $1.$

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