Bill and Claudette formed Cypress, a general partnership, by…

Bill and Claudette formed Cypress, a general partnership, by contributing the following assets in exchange for 50 percent capital and profits interests in the partnership:     Basis Fair value Bill:     Cash $10,000 $10,000 Machinery $50,000 $20,000 Total $60,000 $30,000 Claudette:     Land $40,000 $80,000 Total $40,000 $80,000   What is Cypress’s total (inside) basis in the contributed assets?

Leslie received a 40 percent capital and profits interest in…

Leslie received a 40 percent capital and profits interest in Sparkleberry, a general partnership, in exchange for accounting services she provided to the business. On top of her share of partnership profits or losses, Leslie receives a $15,000 guaranteed payment each year for ongoing services she provides to the partnership. Sparkleberry reported the following revenues and expenses this year:   Service revenue – $13,000 Depreciation expense (MACRS) – ($7,500) Charitable contributions – ($12,500) Gain on sale of land (a Sec. 1231 asset) – 4,000 Interest income – $500 Sec. 179 depreciation – (5,000) Guaranteed payment – ($15,000)   How much ordinary business income (loss) will Sparkleberry allocate to Leslie on her Form 1065 Schedule K-1?

Bonnie is a partner in a general partnership in which she ha…

Bonnie is a partner in a general partnership in which she has an outside basis of $22,000 at the end of the year (prior to any distributions). On December 31, Bonnie receives a proportionate nonliquidating distribution of $16,000 cash and property with a $13,000 fair value and a $9,000 basis to the partnership.   What is Bonnie’s beginning basis in the distributed property?

Note: use the following fact pattern for the next two questi…

Note: use the following fact pattern for the next two questions.   Grace and Henri form a general partnership by contributing the following assets in exchange for 50 percent capital and profits interests:   BasisFair valueGrace: Cash$20,000$20,000 Building1$210,000$630,000 Total$230,000$650,000Henri: Cash$150,000$150,000 Total$150,000$150,000   1 The building is secured by a $500,000 recourse mortgage. The partners share economic risk of loss on the mortgage as follows: Henri – 60 percent, and Grace – 40 percent.   How much gain or loss will Grace recognize on the contribution?