Under What Conditions Will a Partner Recognize a Gain in a Liquidating

question 104

Multiple Choice

Under what conditions will a partner recognize a gain in a liquidating distribution?

• A)When a partnership distributes only money and the amount of the distribution exceeds the partner's outside basis.
• B)When a partnership distributes only money and the amount of the distribution is less than the partner's outside basis.
• C)When a partnership distributes money, hot assets, and other property and the amount of the distribution exceeds the partner's outside basis.
• D)When a partnership distributes money, hot assets, and other property and the amount of the distribution is less than the partner's outside basis.

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Definitions:

Cost Of Goods Available

The total cost of merchandise a company has for sale, which includes the beginning inventory plus the cost of goods purchased minus ending inventory.

Ending Inventory

The total value of all the goods that a company has in stock at the end of its accounting period.

Cost Allocation

The process of identifying, aggregating, and assigning costs to cost objects such as products, services, or departments.

LIFO Conformity Rule

A U.S. tax regulation requiring companies that apply the last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory costing method for tax reporting to also use it for financial reporting.