Tenika Has a $10,000 Basis in Her Interest in the TF

question 73

Multiple Choice

Tenika has a $10,000 basis in her interest in the TF Partnership and no remaining precontribution gain immediately before receiving a current distribution that consisted of $4,000 in money, plastic tubes held in inventory with a $3,000 basis to the partnership and an FMV of $3,375, and drip irrigation pipe held as inventory with a $6,000 basis to the partnership and an FMV of $5,000. What is the basis in Tenika's hands of the distributed property?

• A)$10,000
• B)$6,000
• C)$9,000
• D)$10,125

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Price Ceiling

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