Edward Owns a 70% Interest in the Capital, Profits, and Losses

question 109

Essay

Edward owns a 70% interest in the capital, profits, and losses of the Edward and Moore Partnership. During the year, Edward purchases surplus inventory from the partnership for $5,000. On the date of the sale, the inventory has an adjusted basis to the partnership of $8,000. For the year, the partnership's ordinary income is $50,000 after including the loss on the sale of the inventory to Edward. Assuming that there are no other partnership items to be separately stated, what is Edward's distributive share of the partnership's ordinary income for the year?

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