Sharon and Sue Are Equal Partners in the S&S Partnership

question 204

Essay

Sharon and Sue are equal partners in the S&S Partnership. On January 1 of the current year, each partner's
adjusted basis in S&S was $80,000 (including each partner's $20,000 share of the partnership's $40,000 of liabilities). During the current year, S&S repaid $30,000 of the debt and borrowed $20,000 for which Sharon and Sue are
equally liable. In the current year ended December 31, S&S also sustained a net operating loss of $40,000 and earned $10,000 of interest income from investments. If liabilities are shared equally by the partners, on January 1 of the next year, how much is each partner's basis in her interest in S&S?

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

Marginal product refers to the additional output that is generated by employing one more unit of a particular input, holding the quantities of other inputs constant.

Fertilizer

Materials, either natural or synthetic, applied to soils or directly to plants, to supply nutrients essential for growth.

Bushels

A unit of volume that is used primarily in the United States for quantifying the volume of agricultural commodities like grains.

Profit

The income earned when the total revenue from business activities is higher than the combined expenses, costs, and taxes necessary for those activities.