Exam 11: Investor Losses

Green Corporation earns active income of $50,000 and receives $40,000 in dividends during the year.In addition,Green incurs a loss of $70,000 from an investment in a passive activity acquired several years ago.Consider the following two statements: ​ Which of the following answers is correct?

Lindsey,an attorney,earns $125,000 from her law practice in the current year.In addition,she receives $50,000 in dividends and interest during the year.Further,she incurs a loss of $40,000 from an investment in a passive activity.What is Lindsey's AGI for the year after considering the passive investment?

Rick,a computer consultant,owns a separate business (not real estate) in which he participates.He has one employee who works part-time in the business.

List the taxpayers that are subject to the passive activity loss rules and summarize the general impact of these rules on these taxpayers.

Match the term with the correct response. More than one response may be correct. a. Taxpayer devotes time aggregating more than 500 hours in all significant participation activities during the year. b. Participates in making management decisions in a significant and bonafide sense. c. One in which the individual's participation equals more than 100 hours during the year. d. Taxpayer devotes time in the activity which constitutes substantially all of the participation in the activity of all individuals. e. Both options a. and d. are correct. f. No correct choice is given. -Material participation.

Identify from the list below the type of disposition of a passive activity where the taxpayer keeps the suspended losses of the disposed activity and utilizes them on a subsequent taxable disposition.

Match the term with the correct response. More than one response may be correct. a. Taxpayer devotes time aggregating more than 500 hours in all significant participation activities during the year. b. Participates in making management decisions in a significant and bonafide sense. c. One in which the individual's participation equals more than 100 hours during the year. d. Taxpayer devotes time in the activity which constitutes substantially all of the participation in the activity of all individuals. e. Both options a. and d. are correct. f. No correct choice is given. -Treatment of a disposition of a passive activity by gift.

Harry earned investment income of $18,500,incurred investment interest expense of $15,500,and other investment expenses of $9,000 during the current year.Harry may deduct $9,500 of investment interest expense this year and carry forward $6,000 to future years.

From January through November,Vern participated for 420 hours as a salesman in a partnership in which he owns a 50% interest.The partnership has four full-time employees.During December,Vern spends 110 hours cleaning the store and painting the walls in order to meet the material participation standards.Vern qualifies as a material participant.

Josie,an unmarried taxpayer,has $155,000 in salary,$10,000 in income from a limited partnership,and a $26,000 passive activity loss from a real estate rental activity in which she actively participates.If her modified adjusted gross income is $155,000,how much of the $26,000 loss is deductible?

Tom participates for 100 hours in Activity A and 450 hours in Activity B,both of which are nonrental businesses.Both activities are active.

Match the term with the correct response. More than one response may be correct. a. Taxpayer devotes time aggregating more than 500 hours in all significant participation activities during the year. b. Participates in making management decisions in a significant and bonafide sense. c. One in which the individual's participation equals more than 100 hours during the year. d. Taxpayer devotes time in the activity which constitutes substantially all of the participation in the activity of all individuals. e. Both options a. and d. are correct. f. No correct choice is given. -Significant participation activity.

Oriole Corporation has active income of $45,000 and a passive activity loss of $23,000 in the current year.Under an exception,Oriole can deduct the $23,000 loss if it is a personal service corporation.

Jed spends 32 hours a week,50 weeks a year,operating a bicycle rental store that he owns at a resort community.He also owns a music store in another city that is operated by a full-time employee.He elects not to group them together as a single activity under the "appropriate economic unit" standard.Jed spends 40 hours per year working at the music store.

Which of the following factors should be considered in determining whether an activity is treated as an appropriate economic unit?

What special passive activity loss treatment is available to real estate activities?

Josh has investments in two passive activities.Activity A,acquired three years ago,produces income in the current year of $60,000.Activity B,acquired last year,produces a loss of $100,000 in the current year.At the beginning of this year,Josh's at-risk amounts in Activities A and B are $10,000 and $100,000,respectively.What is the amount of Josh's suspended passive activity loss with respect to these activities at the end of the current year?

A taxpayer is considered to be a material participant if he or she spends more than 500 hours in the activity.

Identify the types of income that are classified as investment income.Discuss the flexibility that a taxpayer has with respect to certain types of income that may potentially be considered investment income.

Raul is married and files a joint tax return.His current investment interest expense of $95,000 is related to a loan used to purchase a parcel of unimproved land.Income from investments [dividends (not qualified) and interest] total $18,000.Raul paid $5,000 of real estate taxes on the unimproved land.He also has a $4,500 net long-term capital gain from the sale of another parcel of unimproved land.Raul's maximum investment interest deduction for the year is: