McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Business Entities 3rd Edition by Connie Weaver, Brian Spilker, Edmund Outslay, John Robinson, Ronald Worsham, Benjamin Ayers, John Barrick

Exercise 76

Dave LaCroix recently received a 10 percent capital and profits interest in Cirque Capital LLC in exchange for consulting services he provided. If Cirque Capital had paid an outsider to provide the advice, it would have deducted the payment as compensation expense. Cirque Capital's balance sheet on the day Dave received his capital interest appears below:

*Assume that Lance's basis and Robert's basis in their LLC interests equal their tax basis capital accounts plus their respective shares of nonrecourse debt.
a. Compute and characterize any gain or loss Dave may have to recognize as a result of his admission to Cirque Capital..
b. Compute each member's tax basis in his LLC interest immediately after Dave's receipt of his interest..
c. Prepare a balance sheet for Cirque Capital immediately after Dave's admission showing the members' tax capital accounts and their capital accounts stated at fair market value..
d. Compute and characterize any gain or loss Dave may have to recognize as a result of his admission to Cirque Capital if he receives only a profits interest..
e. Compute each member's tax basis in his LLC interest immediately after Dave's receipt of his interest if Dave only receives a profits interest.