Elise Contributes Property Having a $60,000 FMV and a $25,000

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Essay

Elise contributes property having a $60,000 FMV and a $25,000 adjusted basis and also renders accounting services valued at $30,000 in exchange for an 80% interest in the capital and profits of the EEE partnership. Evan contributes a building with a $90,000 FMV, an adjusted basis of $55,000, and subject to a mortgage of $70,000 for a 20% interest in the capital and profits of the EEE partnership. The partnership assumes the mortgage.
a. What is each partner's respective basis in the partnership?
b. What are the income tax consequences of the contributions?
c. What is the partnership's basis in the assets transferred in by Elise and Evan?

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