Exam 21: Dispositions of Partnership Interests and Partnership Distributions

Katrina is a one-third partner in the KYR partnership (calendar year-end). Katrina decides she wants to exit the partnership and receives a proportionate distribution to liquidate her partnership interest on January 1. The partnership has no liabilities and holds the following assets as of January 1: Katrina receives one-third of each of the partnership assets. She has a basis in her partnership interest of $250,000. What is the amount and character of any recognized gain or loss to Katrina? What is Katrina's basis in the distributed assets?

Riley is a 50% partner in the RF Partnership and has an outside basis of $56,000 at the end of the year prior to any distributions. On December 31, Riley receives a proportionate operating distribution of $6,000 cash and a parcel of land with a $14,000 fair value and an $8,000 basis to RF. What is the amount and character of Riley's recognized gain or loss and what is his basis in his partnership interest?

Which of the following statements regarding the sale of a partnership interest is false?

Jenny has a $54,000 basis in her 50% partnership interest in the JM Partnership before receiving any distributions. This year JM makes a proportionate operating distribution to Jenny of a parcel of land with an $80,000 fair value and a $64,000 basis to JM. The land is encumbered with a $30,000 mortgage (JM's only liability). What is Jenny's basis in the land and her remaining basis in JM after the distribution?

Which of the following statements regarding liquidating distributions is true?

Lola is a 35% partner in the LW Partnership. On January 1, LW distributes $39,000 cash to Lola in complete liquidation of her partnership interest. LW has only capital assets and no liabilities at the date of the distribution. Lola's basis in LW is $50,000. What is the amount and character of Lola's gain or loss?

Which of the following statements regarding a partner's basis of inventory received in a liquidating distribution is true?

Tyson is a 25% partner in the KT Partnership. On January 1, KT makes a proportionate distribution of $16,000 cash, inventory with a $10,000 fair value (inside basis $4,000), land A with a fair value of $8,000 (inside basis of $12,000) and land B with a fair value of $6,000 (inside basis of $4,000) to Tyson. KT has no liabilities at the date of the distribution. Tyson's basis in his KT partnership interest is $23,000. What is Tyson's basis in the distributed inventory, land A and land B?

A §754 election is made by a distributee partner for a tax year in which (1) the distributee partner recognizes gain or loss on a distribution from a partnership or (2) the distributee partner's basis in distributed assets differs from the partnership's inside basis in those assets.

Nadine Fimple is a one-third partner in the NWL Partnership with equal inside and outside bases. On January 1, NWL distributes $100,000 to Nadine in complete liquidation of her FPL interest. NWL's balance sheet as of January 1 is as follows: What is the amount and character of Nadine's recognized gain or loss on the distribution?

A partner recognizes gain when she receives cash in excess of her outside basis in a liquidating distribution.

Heidi and Teresa are equal partners in the HT Partnership. The partners formed the partnership seven years ago by contributing cash. Prior to any distributions, the partners each have a $50,000 basis in their partnership interests. On December 31, the partnership makes a proportionate operating distribution to Teresa of $40,000 cash and stock with a fair value of $20,000 (inside basis of $7,000). What is the amount and character of Teresa's recognized gain or loss? What is Teresa's remaining basis in HT?

Randolph is a 30% partner in the RD Partnership. On January 1, RD distributes $15,000 cash, an investment with a fair value of $20,000 (inside basis of $10,000), and a parcel of land with a fair value of $10,000 (inside basis of $5,000) to Randolph in complete liquidation of his interest. RD has no liabilities at the date of the distribution. Randolph's basis in his RD partnership interest is $48,000. What is Randolph's basis in the distributed investment and land?

When determining a partner's gain on sale of his partnership interest, the selling partner must include her share of partnership debt in the amount realized.

A partner that receives cash in an operating distribution recognizes gain if the cash distributed exceeds the partner's outside basis in the partnership immediately before the distribution.

Jason is a 25% partner in the JJM Partnership when he sells his entire interest to Lavelle for $76,000. At the time of the sale, Jason's basis in JJM is $87,000. JJM does not have any debt or hot assets. Jason's will recognize a gain of $11,000 on the sale of his partnership interest.

Daniel acquires a 30% interest in the PPZ Partnership from Paolo, an existing partner for $39,000 of cash. The PPZ Partnership has borrowed $10,000 of recourse liabilities as of the date Daniel bought the interest. What is Daniel's basis in his partnership interest?

When a partner receives more than a proportionate share of hot assets in a distribution, the transaction is treated as though the partnership distributes a proportionate share of cold assets to the partner and then the partner sells some or all those cold assets back to the partnership at fair market value in exchange for a portion of the hot assets actually received in the distribution.

Jaime has a basis in her partnership interest of $50,000 when the partnership distributes (in an operating distribution) two parcels of land to Jaime, each valued at $30,000. Prior to the distribution, the partnership's basis in parcel A is $40,000 and the basis in parcel B is $20,000. Jaime allocates $20,000 of basis to parcel A and $30,000 of basis to parcel B.

The PW partnership's balance sheet includes the following assets immediately before it liquidates: In complete liquidation, PW distributes the cash to Pamela and the unrealized receivables to Wade (equal partners). Pamela and Wade each have an outside basis in PW equal to $5,000. PW has no liabilities at the time of the liquidation. What is the amount and character of Pamela's recognized gain or loss?