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List the taxpayers that are subject to the passive activity loss rules and summarize the general impact of these rules on these taxpayers.

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From January through November,Vern participated for 420 hours as a salesman in a partnership in which he owns a 50% interest.The partnership has four full-time employees.During December,Vern spends 110 hours cleaning the store and painting the walls in order to meet the material participation standards.Vern qualifies as a material participant.

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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.

Match the treatment for the following types of transactions. a.The losses are allowed in the years in which gain is recognized. b.Suspended losses are allowed to offset the income from the activity, other passive activities, or active income. c.Suspended losses are allowed to the taxpayer to the extent they exceed the amount, if any, of the step-up in basis allowed. d.Any suspended losses may be used in the current year. e.The suspended losses are added to the basis of the property. f.No correct choice is given. -Treatment of a sale of a passive activity where all of the realized gain or loss is recognized currently.

Which of the following factors should be considered in determining whether an activity is treated as an appropriate economic unit?

Judy incurred $58,500 of interest expense this year related to her investments.Her investment income includes $15,000 of interest,$9,000 of qualified dividends,and a $22,500 net capital gain on the sale of securities.The maximum amount of Judy's investment interest expense deduction for the year is:

Discuss the treatment given to suspended passive activity losses and credits.What happens to an activity's unused losses and credits when the activity is sold?

All of a taxpayer's tax credits relating to a passive activity can be utilized when the activity is sold at a loss.

A qualified real estate professional is allowed to treat income or loss from any real estate venture as active except for income or loss from a rental activity.

Match the treatment for the following types of transactions. a.The losses are allowed in the years in which gain is recognized. b.Suspended losses are allowed to offset the income from the activity, other passive activities, or active income. c.Suspended losses are allowed to the taxpayer to the extent they exceed the amount, if any, of the step-up in basis allowed. d.Any suspended losses may be used in the current year. e.The suspended losses are added to the basis of the property. f.No correct choice is given. -Treatment of an installment sale of a passive activity.