A § 754 Election Is Made for a Tax Year

question 54

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 forgo making the election.

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Definitions:

Insider Trading

The trading of a public company's stock or other securities by individuals with access to non-public, material information about the company.

Related Party Relationships

A relationship between a reporting entity and another entity that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the reporting entity, controls the reporting entity, or is under common control with the reporting entity.

Significant Influence

A situation where an investor holds power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of an investee but does not control or jointly control those policies.

Associate

An entity over which the investor has significant influence.