Exam 3 Fall 2015 Practice Questions
Exam 3 Fall 2015 Practice Questions
Exam 3 Fall 2015 Practice Questions
Fall 2015
Exam 3 Practice Questions
Hampton
1. Which of the following (a-c) is not correct with respect to limited liability companies?
a. An advantage of an LLC when compared to a C corporation is the ability to
pass tax attributes through to the owners.
b. A disadvantage of a partnership when compared with an LLC is the inability of
all the owners to have limited liability.
c. An LLC has greater flexibility than does an S Corporation in terms of the
number of owners, type of owners, special allocation opportunities and capital
structure.
d. All of the above (a-c) are correct.
e. None of the above (a-c) is correct.
2. Maize Corporation had net operating income of $450,000 for 2015. In addition,
Maize owns 50% of the stock in Blue Corporation and Blue Corporation paid Maize a
dividend of $150,000. Maize has no other items of income and expense for the year.
Compute Maize Corporations taxable income.
3. Kristy and Karla are equal partners in K&K Partnership. On January 1, 2015, each
partners adjusted basis in K&K was $120,000. During 2015, K&K borrowed $180,000
(recourse debt). Also, during 2015, K&K had an ordinary loss of $30,000; and a Net
Long Term Capital Gain of $10,000. Considering these activities, compute each
partners basis in her partnership interest at 12/31/2015.
A resident alien.
A Partnership.
A Foreign corporation.
A nonqualifying trust.
None of the above (a-d) is an eligible S Corporation shareholder.
Interest Income.
Advertising expenses.
Foreign taxes paid.
Section 1231 gain.
All of the above (a-d) are separately stated.