Question

Riley is a 50% partner in the RF Partnership and has an outside basis of $56,000 at the end of the year prior to any distributions. On December 31, Riley receives a proportionate operating distribution of $6,000 cash and a parcel of land with a $14,000 fair value and an $8,000 basis to RF. What is Riley's basis in the distributed property?

Answer 1

Answer:

The land basis will be $8,000 and partnership basis will be $42,000.

Explanation:

The outside basis at the end of the year is $56,000.

The cash basis is $6,000.

The fair value of land is $14,000.

The land basis to RF is $8000.

The partnership basis will be

=Outside basis-cash basis-land basis

=$(56,000-6,000-8,000)

=$42,000.

So, the land basis will be $8,000 and partnership basis will be $42,000.