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In the current year, Crow Corporation, a closely held C corporation that is not a personal service corporation, has $100,000 of passive activity losses, $80,000 of active business income, and $20,000 of portfolio income. How much of the passive activity loss may Crow deduct in the current year?


A) $0.
B) $20,000.
C) $80,000.
D) $100,000.
E) None of these.

F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

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Jed spends 32 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, operating a bicycle rental store that he owns at a resort community. He also owns a music store in another city that is operated by a full-time employee. He elects not to group them together as a single activity under the "appropriate economic unit" standard. Jed spends 40 hours per year working at the music store.


A) Neither store is a passive activity.
B) Both stores are passive activities.
C) Only the bicycle rental store is a passive activity.
D) Only the music store is a passive activity.
E) None of these is correct.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Jon owns an apartment building in which he is a material participant and also owns a computer consulting business. Of the 2,000 hours he spends on these activities during the year, 55% of the time is spent operating the apartment building and 45% of the time is spent in the computer consulting business.


A) The computer consulting business is a passive activity but the apartment building is not.
B) The apartment building is a passive activity but the computer consulting business is not.
C) Both the apartment building and the computer consulting business are passive activities.
D) Neither the apartment building nor the computer consulting business is a passive activity.
E) None of these these applies here.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Rita earns a salary of $150,000, and invests $40,000 for a 20% interest in a passive activity. Operations of the activity result in a loss of $250,000, of which Rita's share is $50,000. How is her loss characterized?


A) $40,000 is suspended under the passive activity loss rules and $10,000 is suspended under the at-risk rules.
B) $40,000 is suspended under the at-risk rules and $10,000 is suspended under the passive activity loss rules.
C) $50,000 is suspended under the passive activity loss rules.
D) $50,000 is suspended under the at-risk rules.
E) None of these characterizes it.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Dick participates in an activity for 90 hours during the year. He has no employees and there are no other participants. Dick is a material participant.

A) True
B) False

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Gloria owns and works full-time at a shop that rents watercraft of various types to tourists who are vacationing at the beach. If she generates a loss from that activity, the loss is subject to the passive activity loss rules because it is rental property.

A) True
B) False

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Josie, an unmarried taxpayer, has $155,000 in salary, $10,000 in income from a limited partnership, and a $26,000 passive activity loss from a real estate rental activity in which she actively participates. If her modified adjusted gross income is $155,000, how much of the $26,000 loss is deductible?


A) $0
B) $10,000
C) $25,000
D) $26,000
E) None of these

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Jackson Company incurs a $50,000 loss on a passive activity during the year. The company has active income of $34,000 and portfolio income of $24,000. If Jackson is a personal service corporation, it may deduct $34,000 of the passive activity loss.

A) True
B) False

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Kim dies owning a passive activity with a basis of $75,000, a fair market value of $140,000, and suspended losses of $80,000. All of the $80,000 passive activity loss can be deducted on Kim's final income tax return.

A) True
B) False

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Tom participates for 100 hours in Activity A and 450 hours in Activity B, both of which are nonrental businesses. Both activities are active.

A) True
B) False

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During the current year, David earned investment income of $20,000. In addition, he incurred investment interest expense of $12,000 and other investment expenses of $9,000. David can deduct $12,000 of investment interest expense for this year.

A) True
B) False

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Match the term with the correct response. More than one response may be correct. -At-risk amount.


A) Taxpayer devotes time aggregating more than 500 hours in all significant participation activities during the year.
B) Taxpayer participates in making management decisions in a significant and bonafide sense.
C) It is one in which the individual's participation equals more than 100 hours during the year.
D) Taxpayer devotes time in the activity, which constitutes substantially all of the participation in the activity of all individuals.
E) Both options a. and d. are correct.
F) No correct choice is given.

G) A) and B)
H) A) and C)

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Nell sells a passive activity with an adjusted basis of $45,000 for $105,000. Suspended losses attributable to this property total $45,000. The total gain and the taxable gain are:


A) $60,000 total gain; $105,000 taxable gain.
B) $10,000 total gain; $15,000 taxable gain.
C) $60,000 total gain; $0 taxable gain.
D) $60,000 total gain; $15,000 taxable gain.
E) None of these.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Kelly, who earns a yearly salary of $120,000, sold an activity with a suspended passive activity loss of $44,000. The activity was sold at a loss and Kelly has no other passive activities. The suspended loss is not deductible.

A) True
B) False

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Kathy, who is a real estate professional, owns an apartment building and devotes 550 hours to managing the activity. All losses from the rental activity will be considered nonpassive and deductible against active income.

A) True
B) False

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In the current year, Lucile, who is single and has AGI of $90,000 before considering rental activities, is active in three separate real estate rental activities and is in the 22% tax bracket. She had $15,000 of losses from Activity A, $25,000 of losses from Activity B, and income of $20,000 from Activity C. She also had $3,100 of tax credits from Activity A. Calculate her deductions and credits currently allowed and the suspended losses and credits.

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During the current year, Ryan performs personal services as follows: 700 hours in his management consulting practice, 650 hours in a real estate development business, and 550 hours in an apartment leasing operation. He expects that losses will be realized from the two real estate ventures and his consulting practice will show a profit. Ryan files a joint return with his spouse whose salary is $125,000. Discuss the character and treatment of the income and losses generated by these activities.

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Ryan is considered a material participan...

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Faye dies owning an interest in a passive activity property (adjusted basis of $150,000, suspended losses of $52,000, and a fair market value of $180,000) . What, if any, can be deducted on her final income tax return?


A) $52,000.
B) $30,000.
C) $22,000.
D) $0.
E) None of these.

F) A) and C)
G) D) and E)

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Describe the general rules that limit the deduction of investment interest expense.

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In 2019, Emily invests $120,000 in a limited partnership that is not a passive activity. During 2019, her share of the partnership loss is $90,000. In 2020, her share of the partnership loss is $50,000. How much can Emily deduct in 2019 and 2020?

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