Match the Treatment for the Following Types of Transactions

question 27

Multiple Choice

Match the treatment for the following types of transactions.
-Treatment of a disposition of a passive activity by gift.

• A)The losses are allowed in the years in which gain is recognized.
• B)Suspended losses are allowed to offset the income from the activity, other passive activities, or active income.
• C)Suspended losses are allowed to the taxpayer to the extent that they exceed the amount, if any, of the step-up
• in basis allowed.
• D)Any suspended losses may be used in the current year.
• E)The suspended losses are added to the basis of the property.
• F)No correct choice is given.

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Definitions:

Service of Process

The procedure by which a party to a legal action gives an appropriate notice of initial legal action to another party (such as a defendant), court, or administrative body.

Summons

A legal document issued by a court and addressed to a defendant that notifies him or her of the lawsuit and how and when to respond to the complaint. A summons may be used in both civil and criminal proceedings.

Complaint

A formal written document that begins a civil lawsuit; contains the plaintiff’s list of allegations against the defendant along with the damages the plaintiff seeks.

Defendant

An entity, whether a person, corporation, or institution, facing legal action in a court.