A and B are equal partners in a personal services partnership. Each partner acquired her partnership interest for cash several years ago. None of the partnership’s assets is Section 704(c) property. The partnership has the following balance sheet:
Assets Liabilities and Partners’ Capital
A.B. F.M.V. A.B.* F.M.V.
Cash $13,000 $12,000 Liabilities: $2,000
Capital Assets: Capital:
Collectibles 1,000 3,000 A $10,000 15,000
Other 6,000 2,000 B 10,000 15,000
Subtotal 7,000 5,000
Receivables 0 14,000
Total $20,000 $32,000 $20,000 $32,000
Consider the tax consequences to B on her sale in each of the following alternative situations:
solution :
given that Rundle Freight Company owns a truck that cost $33,000.
also given that Currently, the truck’s book value is $27,000, and its expected remaining useful life is five years
mentioned in gi ven indormation that
Rundle has the opportunity to purchase for $28,000 a replacement truck that is extremely fuel efficient. Fuel cost for the old truck is expected to be $7,000 per year more than fuel cost for the new truck.
some other given information The old truck is paid for but, in spite of being in good condition, can be sold for only $16,000.
Calculating the total relevant costs:
retaining truck | replacing truck | |
cost of the new truck | $- | $28000 |
additional fuel cost (5*7000) | $35000 | $- |
oppurtunity cost | $16000 | $- |
total cost | $51000 | $28000 |
final decision of retaining old truck :
the purchase cost of ol;d truck and book value are irrelevant
they are sunk cost
therefore they should not be considered
the comparision cost of replacing and retaining truck are given above
from the above table
the company should replace the old truck as it would cost $28000 in replacement as against the cost of reraining truck of $51000
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