Peter, Matt, Priscilla, and Mary Began the Year in the PMPM

question 34

Essay

Peter, Matt, Priscilla, and Mary began the year in the PMPM General Partnership sharing profits, losses, and capital equally. They each had a tax basis at the beginning of the year of $3,000, $10,000, $8,000, and $11,000 respectively. Early in the year, Mary provided general consulting services to the partnership and received an additional 15 percent profits, losses, and capital interest in the partnership. The liquidation value of her additional interest was $45,000. Later the same year, the partnership received cash contributions of $25,000 from Peter and Matt that it used to repay the partnership's $35,000 recourse debt. According to state law, the partners shared responsibility for this debt in accordance with their loss sharing ratios. What is each partner's tax basis after adjustment for these transactions?

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Definitions:

Finished Goods Inventory

Products that have been manufactured and are ready for sale, but have not yet been sold to customers.

Goods In Process Inventory

The value of materials, labor, and overhead costs for products that are partially completed in the manufacturing process.

Perpetual Inventory System

An accounting method that records inventory transactions in real-time, thus providing a continual account of inventory balances.