Last Year, Cara Contributed Investment Land with an FMV of $24,000

question 55

Essay

Last year, Cara contributed investment land with an FMV of $24,000 and basis of $18,000 to the CDE Partnership. CDE made no distributions during last year, and Cara's basis in her partnership interest on December 31 of last year was $28,000. On January 1 of this year, the partnership distributed cash of $30,000 to Cara and distributed the land contributed by Cara to another partner, David. On the distribution date, the land had a $27,000 FMV. Assume the CDE Partnership reported no profit or loss this year. How much gain (if any)must Cara recognize as a result of the distributions? What is her basis in the partnership after the distributions?

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