T. palms has a basis of $20,000 for her one-third interest in a partnership. the partnership has no liabilities, cash of $22,000, and property with a partnership basis of $38,000 and fair market value of $44,000. for her one-third interest, palms receives the cash of $22,000. if the partnership elects sec. 754 optional basis adjustment, what is the basis of the retained partnership property?

Suppose the price of a complement to lcd televisions rises. what effect will this have on the market equilibrium for lcd tvs?

Awidower devised his fee simple interest in his residence as follows: “to my daughter for life, then to my oldest grandchild who survives her.” at the time of the widower’s death, he was survived by his only two children, a son and a daughter, and by one grandchild, his daughter’s son. a short time later, the daughter together with her son entered into a contract to sell the residence in fee simple to a buyer. the applicable jurisdiction continues to follow the common law rule against perpetuities, but has abrogated the rule in shelley’s case. at the closing, the buyer refused to purchase the residence. can the sellers compel the buyer to do so?

Laws corporation is considering the purchase of a machine costing $16,000. estimated cash savings from using the new machine are $4,120 per year. the machine will have no salvage value at the end of its useful life of six years and the required rate of return for laws corporation is 12%. the machine's internal rate of return is closest to (ignore income taxes) (a) 12% (b) 14% (c) 16% (d) 18%