Question

Misty and John formed the MJ Partnership. Misty contributed $50,000 of cash in exchange for her 50% interest in the partnership capital and profits. During the first year of partnership operations, the following events occurred: the partnership had a net taxable income of $20,000; Misty received a distribution of $12,000 cash from the partnership; and Misty had a 50% share in the partnership's $60,000 of recourse liabilities on the last day of the partnership year. Misty's adjusted basis for her partnership interest at year end is:

Answer 1

$78,000

Explanation:

The computation of interest at year end is shown below:-

Interest at year end = Cash contribution + Income of partnership + Share of partnership liabilities - Cash from the partnership

= $50,000 + $20,000 × 50% + $60,000 × 50% - $12,000

= $90,000 + $10,000 + $30,000 - $12,000

= $78,000

Therefore for computing the partnership interest at year end we simply applied the above formula by considering all the items given in the question