Exam 9: Forming and Operating Partnerships

Illuminating Light Partnership had the following revenues, expenses, gains, losses, and distributions: Given these items, what is Illuminating Light's ordinary business income (loss) for the year?

Sarah, Sue, and AS Inc. formed a partnership on May 1, 20X9 called SSAS, LP. Now that the partnership is formed, they must determine its appropriate year-end. Sarah has a 30% profits and capital interest while Sue has a 35% profits and capital interest. Both Sarah and Sue have calendar year-ends. AS Inc. holds the remaining profits and capital interest in the LP, and it has a September 30 year-end. What tax year-end must SSAS, LP use for 20X9 and which test or rule requires this year-end?

XYZ, LLC has several individual and corporate members. Abe and Joe, individuals with 4/30 year-ends, each have a 23% profits and capital interest. RST, Inc., a corporation with a 6/30 year end, owns a 4% profits and capital interest while DEF, Inc., a corporation with an 8/30 year end, owns a 4.9% profits and capital interest. Finally, thirty other calendar year-end individual partners (each with less than a 2% profits and capital interest) own the remaining 45% of the profits and capital interests in XYZ. What tax year-end should XYZ use and which test or rule requires this year-end?

A partner's tax basis or at-risk amount can be increased by making capital contributions, by paying off partnership debt, or by increasing the profitability of the partnership.

Any losses that exceed the tax basis of a partner in their partnership interest are suspended and carried forward for 20 years.

In each of the independent scenarios below, how does the partner or partnership determine its holding period in the property received? a. A partner contributes property in exchange for a partnership interest b. The partnership receives contributed property c. A partner contributes services in exchange for a partnership interest d. A partner purchases a partnership interest from an existing partner