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 15

Alfonso began the year with a tax basis in his partnership interest of $30,000. His share of partnership debt at the beginning and end of the year consists of $5,000 of recourse debt and $5,000 of nonrecourse debt. During the year, he was allocated $40,000 of partnership ordinary business loss. Alfonso does not materially participate in this partnership and he has $1,000 of passive income from other sources.
a. How much of Alfonso's loss is limited by his tax basis
b. How much of Alfonso's loss is limited by his at-risk amount
c. How much of Alfonso's loss is limited by the passive activity loss rules