A Partnership Terminates for Tax Purposes

question 23

Multiple Choice

A partnership terminates for tax purposes

• A)only when it terminates under local partnership law.
• B)when at least 50% of the total interest in partnership capital and profits changes hands by sale or exchange within twelve consecutive months.
• C)when the sale of partnership assets is made only to an outsider(s)and not to an existing partner(s).
• D)when a partnership tax return (Form 1065)ceases to be filed by the partnership.

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Definitions:

LAC Curves

The Long-Run Average Cost curves, which show the minimum average cost of production at different levels of output.

LMC Curves

Abbreviation for Long-Run Marginal Cost curves, which represent the cost to produce one additional unit of goods when all inputs can be varied.

Returns to Scale

The change in output resulting from proportional change in all inputs (factors of production); can be increasing, constant, or decreasing.

Returns to Scale

The change in output resulting from a proportional change in all inputs (factors of production); it identifies whether increasing inputs leads to proportionate, more than proportionate, or less than proportionate changes in output.