Mara Owns an Activity with Suspended Passive Losses from Prior

question 18

Multiple Choice

Mara owns an activity with suspended passive losses from prior years of $13,000.In the current year,Mara becomes a material participant in the activity.This year the activity generates $6,000 of income.The net effect of this activity on Mara's current year AGI is

• A)an increase of $6,000.
• B)a decrease of $13,000.
• C)0)
• D)a decrease of $7,000.

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Definitions:

Contact Metamorphism

A type of metamorphism that occurs when rocks are heated by the intrusion of hot magma without melting.

Subduction

The process whereby one tectonic plate moves under another plate and is forced to sink into the mantle, often leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes.

Normal Faulting

A type of faulting where the crust is extended and the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.

Partly Metamorphic

Relating to rocks that have been partially altered in structure or composition by heat, pressure, or chemical processes.