A § 754 Election Is Made for a Tax Year

question 25

True/False

A § 754 election is made for a tax year in which the partner recognizes gain or loss on a distribution from the partnership or the distributee partner's basis in distributed property is increased or decreased from the inside basis the partnership held in those assets. The election is made by the partnership each year in which it is necessary to adjust a partner's share of the inside basis of partnership assets. In a year in which an unfavorable result would arise, the partnership can forego making the election.

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Journal Entries

Records of financial transactions in the accounting system, typically involving a debit to one account and a corresponding credit to another account.

Adjusting Entry

An accounting journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the appropriate period.

Asset Account

An account on a company's balance sheet representing resources owned by or owed to the company that have economic value.

Expense Account

An account used to record expenses in accounting, representing money spent or costs incurred in an entity's operations to generate revenues.