Sarah Contributed Fully Depreciated ($0 Basis) Property Valued at $50,000

question 38

Essay

Sarah contributed fully depreciated ($0 basis) property valued at $50,000 to the RSTU Partnership in exchange for a
25% interest in partnership capital and profits. During the first year of partnership operations, RSTU had net taxable income of $200,000 and tax-exempt income of $4,000. The partnership distributed $10,000 cash to Sarah. Her share of partnership recourse liabilities on the last day of the partnership year was $20,000. What is Sarah's adjusted basis (outside basis) for her partnership interest at the end of the tax year?

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Definitions:

Payoff

The return or outcome received from an investment or decision, which can be positive (profit) or negative (loss).

Risky Undertaking

An action or project that involves a significant chance of failure or loss.

Expected Value

In statistics, Expected Value refers to the sum of all possible values each multiplied by the probability of its occurrence, offering a measure of the center of distribution of a variable.

Net Profit

The total earnings minus the costs and expenses of a business or investment, indicating the actual profit made.