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1 Investor Losses © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

2 The Big Picture (slide 1 of 3)
Trudy and Jim Reswick want to enhance their financial security They are willing to borrow money to make an appropriate investment Currently, Trudy and Jim’s sole source of income is their salaries, totaling $100,000 Their most significant asset is their personal residence Fair market value is $500,000 with a mortgage of $350,000 2 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

3 The Big Picture (slide 2 of 3)
Their broker suggests that they borrow $100,000 at 6% and use the proceeds to make one of the following investments: A high-growth, low-yield portfolio of marketable securities The portfolio’s value is expected to grow 8% each year An interest in a limited partnership that owns and operates orange groves in Florida Tax losses of $25,000 are expected in each of the next 5 years, after which profits are expected The broker predicts an annual 8% return over the 10-year period An interest in a local limited partnership that owns and rents apartments to college students Losses of $25,000 per year expected for 5 years, after which profits would follow An average annual total return of 8% over a 10-year period 3 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

4 The Big Picture (slide 3 of 3)
Trudy and Jim want to choose the alternative that produces the best after-tax return over a 10-year planning horizon They are aware, however, that tax restrictions may limit the advantages of some of these investment options In this connection, evaluate each option Read the chapter and formulate your response 4 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

5 Passive Loss Rules (slide 1 of 2)
Require income and losses to be separated into three categories: Active Portfolio Passive Generally, disallow the deduction of passive losses against active or portfolio income 5 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

6 Passive Loss Rules (slide 2 of 2)
In general, passive losses can only offset passive income Passive losses are also subject to the at-risk rules Designed to prevent taxpayers from deducting losses in excess of their economic investment in an activity © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

7 At-Risk Limits (slide 1 of 4)
At-risk defined The amount of a taxpayer’s economic investment in an activity The amount of cash and adjusted basis of property contributed to the activity, plus Amounts borrowed for use in the activity for which taxpayer is personally liable (recourse debt) or has pledged as security property not used in the activity © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

8 At-Risk Limits (slide 2 of 4)
At-risk defined At-risk amount does not include nonrecourse debt unless the activity involves real estate For real estate activities, qualified nonrecourse financing is included in determining at-risk limitation © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

9 At-Risk Limits (slide 3 of 4)
At-risk limitation Can deduct losses from activity only to extent taxpayer is at-risk Any losses disallowed due to at-risk limitation are carried forward until at-risk amount is increased Previously allowed losses must be recaptured to the extent the at-risk amount is reduced below zero At-risk limitations must be computed for each activity of the taxpayer separately © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

10 At-Risk Limits (slide 4 of 4)
Interaction of at-risk rules with passive loss rules At-risk limitation is applied FIRST to each activity to determine maximum amount of loss allowed for year THEN, passive loss limitation applied to ALL losses from ALL passive activities to determine actual amount of loss deductible for year © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

11 Calculation of At-Risk Amount
Increases to a taxpayer’s at-risk amount: Cash and the adjusted basis of property contributed to the activity Amounts borrowed for use in the activity for which the taxpayer is personally liable or has pledged as security property not used in the activity Taxpayer’s share of amounts borrowed for use in the activity that are qualified nonrecourse financing Taxpayer’s share of the activity’s income Decreases to a taxpayer’s at-risk amount: Withdrawals from the activity Taxpayer’s share of the activity’s loss Taxpayer’s share of any reductions of debt for which recourse against the taxpayer exists or reductions of qualified nonrecourse debt © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

12 The Big Picture - Example 2 At-risk Limits (slide 1 of 2)
Return to the facts of The Big Picture on p. 11-1 In addition to the three investment options presented to the Reswicks, in 2017, the Reswicks invest $40,000 in an oil partnership that incurs a first-year net loss, of which $60,000 is their share Assume that the Reswicks’ interest in the partnership is subject to the at-risk limits but is not subject to the passive loss limits 12 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

13 The Big Picture - Example 2 At-risk Limits (slide 2 of 2)
Return to the facts of The Big Picture on p. 11-1 Because the Reswicks have only $40,000 of capital at risk, they cannot deduct more than $40,000 against their other income They must reduce their at-risk amount to zero ($40,000 at-risk amount − $40,000 loss deducted) The nondeductible loss of $20,000 can be carried over to 2018 $60,000 loss generated − $40,000 loss allowed 13 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

14 The Big Picture - Example 3 Carryover Losses - At-risk Limits
Return to the facts of Example 2 In 2018, the Reswicks have taxable income of $15,000 from the oil partnership and invest an additional $10,000 in the venture Their at-risk amount is now $25,000 ($0 beginning balance + $15,000 taxable income + $10,000 additional investment) This enables them to deduct the carryover loss and requires them to reduce their at-risk amount to $5,000 ($25,000 at-risk amount − $20,000 carryover loss allowed) 14 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

15 Passive Loss Limits – Classification and Impact (slide 1 of 4)
The passive loss rules require taxpayers to classify their income and losses into one of the following 3 categories: Active Passive Portfolio Then the rules limit the extent to which losses in the passive category can be used to offset income in the other categories © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

16 Passive Loss Limits – Classification and Impact (slide 2 of 4)
Active income Wages, salary, and other payments for services rendered Profit from trade or business activity in which taxpayer materially participates Gain from sale or disposition of assets used in an active trade or business Income from intangible property created by taxpayer 16 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

17 Passive Loss Limits – Classification and Impact (slide 3 of 4)
Portfolio income Interest, dividends, annuities, and certain royalties not derived in the ordinary course of business Gains/losses from disposition of assets that produce portfolio income or held for investment © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

18 Passive Loss Limits – Classification and Impact (slide 4 of 4)
Passive activity defined Any trade or business or income-producing activity in which the taxpayer does not materially participate Subject to certain exceptions, all rental activities, whether the taxpayer materially participates or not © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

19 Passive Loss Limits – General Impact
Limitations on passive losses Generally, passive losses can only offset passive income, i.e., they cannot reduce active or portfolio income Disallowed losses are suspended and carried forward Suspended losses must be allocated to specific activities © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

20 The Big Picture – Example 4 Passive Loss Limits (slide 1 of 2)
Return to the facts of The Big Picture on p. 11-1 In addition to their salaries of $100,000 from full-time jobs, assume that: The Reswicks receive $12,000 in dividends and interest from various portfolio investments They decide to invest $100,000 in the orange grove limited partnership, which produces a $25,000 loss for the Reswicks this year 20 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

21 The Big Picture – Example 4 Passive Loss Limits (slide 2 of 2)
Return to the facts of The Big Picture on p. 11-1 Because their at-risk basis in the partnership is $100,000, the current $25,000 loss is not limited by the at-risk rules However, the loss is a passive loss It is not deductible against their other income The loss is suspended and carried over to the future The suspended loss Can be offset against other future passive income, or Will be allowed when they eventually dispose of the passive activity 21 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

22 Passive Loss Limits – General Impact
Suspended losses are deductible in year related activity is disposed of in a fully taxable transaction © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

23 Passive Loss Limits – Example
Roy sells an apartment building, a passive activity, with an adjusted basis of $200,000 for $360,000. In addition, he has suspended losses of $120,000 associated with the building. His total gain, and his taxable gain, are calculated as follows: Net sales price $ 360,000 Less: Adjusted basis (200,000) Total gain $ 160,000 Less: Suspended losses (120,000) Taxable gain (passive) $ 40,000 23 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

24 Passive Credits Credits from passive activities are subject to the loss limitation Utilize passive credits to the extent of tax attributable to passive income Credits disallowed are suspended and carried forward similar to losses Suspended credits can be used to offset tax from disposition of activity but any credits left after activity is disposed of are lost forever © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

25 Passive Activity Changes to Active
If a formerly passive activity becomes an active one Suspended losses are allowed to the extent of income from the now active business Any remaining suspended loss continues to be treated as a loss from a passive activity Can be deducted from passive income, or Carried over to the next tax year and deducted to the extent of income from the now active business in the succeeding year(s) 25 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

26 Taxpayers Subject To Passive Loss Limits
Passive loss rules apply to Individuals, estates, trusts, personal service corporations Closely-held corporations Can deduct passive losses against active income S Corp and partnership passive losses flow through to owners and limits applied at the owner level © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

27 Passive Loss Issues Passive losses are losses from trade or business activities in which the taxpayer does not materially participate and certain rental activities What constitutes an activity? What is material participation? When is an activity a rental activity? © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

28 Identification of Activities (slide 1 of 2)
Taxpayers with complex business operations must determine if segments of their business are separate activities or entire business is treated as a single activity © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

29 Identification of Activities (slide 2 of 2)
Regs allow grouping multiple trade or businesses if they form an appropriate economic unit for measuring gain or loss Once activities are grouped, can’t regroup unless: Original groups were clearly inappropriate, or Material change in circumstances © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

30 Special Grouping Rules for Rental Activities
Designed to prevent grouping of rental activities (generally passive) with other businesses in a way that would result in a tax advantage A rental activity may be grouped with a trade or business activity only if one activity is insubstantial in relation to the other Taxpayers generally may not treat an activity involving the rental of real property and an activity involving the rental of personal property as a single activity © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

31 Material Participation Tests (slide 1 of 8)
An activity is treated as active rather than passive (thus, not subject to the passive loss limits) if taxpayer meets one of 7 material participation tests © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

32 Material Participation Tests (slide 2 of 8)
Taxpayer participates in the activity more than 500 hours during the year © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

33 Material Participation Tests (slide 3 of 8)
Taxpayer’s participation in the activity is substantially all of the participation in the activity of all individuals for the year © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

34 Material Participation Tests (slide 4 of 8)
Taxpayer participates in the activity more than 100 hours during the year and not less than the participation of any other individual in the activity © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

35 Material Participation Tests (slide 5 of 8)
Taxpayer’s participation in the activity is significant and taxpayer’s aggregate participation in all significant participation activities during the year exceeds 500 hours Significant participation is more than 100 hours © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

36 Material Participation Tests (slide 6 of 8)
Taxpayer materially participated in the activity for any 5 years during the last 10 year period © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

37 Material Participation Tests (slide 7 of 8)
The activity is a personal service activity in which the taxpayer materially participated for any 3 preceding years © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

38 Material Participation Tests (slide 8 of 8)
Based on the facts and circumstances, taxpayer participated in the activity on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis Regular, continuous, and substantial are not specifically defined in the Regulations © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

39 Participation Defined
Participation generally includes any work done by an individual in an activity that he or she owns Does not include work if of a type not customarily done by owners and if one of its principal purposes is to avoid the disallowance of passive losses or credits Work done in an individual’s capacity as an investor is not counted in applying the material participation tests Participation by an owner’s spouse counts as participation by the owner © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

40 Rental Activities Rental of tangible (real or personal) property is automatically passive activity unless it meets one of the exceptions Temporary Regulations provide exceptions for certain situations where activities involving rentals of real and personal property are not to be treated as rental activities If exception applies, activity is subject to the material participation tests © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

41 Interaction of At-Risk and Passive Loss Limits
Passive loss rules are applied after the at-risk rules Losses not allowed under the at-risk rules are suspended under the at-risk rules, not the passive loss rules Basis is reduced by deductions even if not currently usable due to passive loss rules © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

42 The Big Picture - Example 29 Interaction Of At-risk And Passive Activity Limits
Return to the facts of The Big Picture on p. 11-1 If the Reswicks invest in the orange grove limited partnership, the at-risk rules would not limit the deductibility of the $25,000 losses until after year 4 The at-risk basis is reduced from $100,000 by $25,000 over each of the first 4 years of the investment However, the passive loss rules prohibit deductions for the losses in the first 4 years of the investment (assuming no passive income from other sources) Therefore, based on the facts provided, none of the suspended losses would be deductible until year 6 when the orange grove is expected to begin producing profits 42 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

43 Real Estate Passive Loss Limits (slide 1 of 4)
Generally, losses from rental real estate are treated like other passive losses There are two significant exceptions to the general rule © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

44 Real Estate Passive Loss Limits (slide 2 of 4)
Exception 1: Real estate professionals Rental real estate losses are not treated as passive if the following requirements are met: Taxpayer performs more than half of his/her personal services in real property businesses in which the taxpayer materially participates, and Taxpayer performs more than 750 hours of services in these real property businesses as a material participant © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

45 Real Estate Passive Loss Limits (slide 3 of 4)
Exception 2: Real estate rental activities Taxpayer can deduct up to $25,000 of losses on real estate rental activities against active or portfolio income Benefit is reduced by 50% of taxpayer’s AGI in excess of $100,000 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

46 Real Estate Passive Loss Limits (slide 4 of 4)
Exception 2: Real estate rental activities To qualify for this exception the taxpayer must: Actively participate in rental activity Own at least 10% of all interests in activity Active participation defined: Requires only participation in making management decisions in a significant and bona fide sense © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

47 The Big Picture - Example 31 Real Estate Rental Activities
Return to the facts of The Big Picture on p. 11-1 If the Reswicks invest in the apartment rental limited partnership, their $25,000 loss would be deductible under the real estate rental activities exception This assumes they actively participate and own at least a 10% interest in the partnership The loss will be deductible in each of the first 4 years of their investment before exhausting their at-risk basis, even if they do not have passive income from other sources 47 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

48 Suspended Losses Losses can be suspended due to the passive loss limits or the at-risk limits Losses suspended due to at-risk limitations are investment specific, thus no allocation of suspended losses is necessary Suspended at-risk and passive losses can be carried forward indefinitely © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

49 Disposition of Passive Interests (slide 1 of 2)
Disposition at death: suspended loss deductible on decedent’s final tax return to extent of excess over any step-up in basis Disposition by gift: suspended loss increases donee’s basis in property © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

50 Disposition of Passive Interests (slide 2 of 2)
Disposition by installment sale: portion of suspended loss deductible is same as percentage of total gain recognized in year © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

51 Investment Interest (slide 1 of 5)
Definition: interest on loans whose proceeds are used to purchase investment property, e.g., stock, bonds, land Deduction of investment interest expense is limited to net investment income 51 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

52 Investment Interest (slide 2 of 5)
Net investment income: Investment income less investment expenses 52 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

53 Investment Interest (slide 3 of 5)
Investment income: Gross income from interest, certain dividends, annuities, and royalties not derived from business Net capital gains and qualified dividends are treated as investment income only if elected Amount elected as investment income is not eligible for the preferential rates that otherwise apply to net capital gain and qualifying dividends 53 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

54 Investment Interest (slide 4 of 5)
Investment expenses: All expenses (other than interest) directly related to investment income that are allowed as a deduction Application of 2% of AGI floor for some investment expenses must be considered in computing amount of net investment income 54 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

55 Investment Interest (slide 5 of 5)
Investment interest disallowed in current year due to limitation is carried forward to future years until ultimately used Deductibility subject to net investment income limitation in carryover years 55 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

56 The Big Picture - Example 39 Investment Interest Expense Limit
Return to the facts of The Big Picture on p. 11-1 If the Reswicks invest in the high growth, low-yield portfolio of marketable securities Most of the investment return will consist of appreciation Not taxed until the securities are sold Relatively little of the return will consist of currently taxable interest and dividend income Assume that the interest and dividend income for the year from these securities equals $500 and that all of it is treated as investment income If investment interest expense on the $100,000 loan is $6,000 The deduction for the investment interest expense is limited to the $500 of net investment income 56 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

57 Other Investment Losses
Other types of investment losses that individual taxpayers may face include the following: Sale of securities held as investments for less than basis yield capital losses Securities held as an investment that become worthless produce capital losses Losses on small business stock Losses on rental of vacation homes Hobby losses 57 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

58 Refocus On The Big Picture (slide 1 of 4)
The objective for most investors should be to maximize after-tax wealth from among investment alternatives This requires an understanding of the relevant tax restrictions that apply to certain expenses and losses arising from various investment choices The after-tax returns from the 3 alternatives under consideration may be affected by the at-risk, passive activity, and investment interest limitations 58 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

59 Refocus On The Big Picture (slide 2 of 4)
The high-growth, low-yield portfolio is expected to generate very little if any current dividend income (i.e., net investment income) If the broker’s prediction is correct, the market value of the securities will grow by approximately 8% a year However, the annual $6,000 interest expense on the debt incurred to purchase the securities may not be deductible as investment interest due to the lack of net investment income Unless investment income is generated from this or some other source, the interest will not be deductible until the securities are sold To the extent any capital gain from the portfolio’s sale is treated as investment income, the gain will not be subject to preferential capital gains rates As a result, the net after-tax return will be impaired because of the investment interest limitation 59 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

60 Refocus On The Big Picture (slide 3 of 4)
The returns from the other two investments are reduced by the at-risk & passive loss rules as well as the investment interest limit The projected 8% return is apparently contingent on being able to use the tax losses as they arise 60 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

61 Refocus On The Big Picture (slide 4 of 4)
These benefits will be deferred because the at-risk and passive activity loss rules delay the timing of the deductions For example, with the orange grove investment, none of the passive losses are deductible until year 6 when passive income is generated In the real estate rental venture, however, Jim and Trudy could deduct the $25,000 passive loss under the rental real estate exception The at-risk rules would limit any additional losses in year 5 to the at-risk amount Since the at-risk and passive loss rules limit the tax losses flowing to the Reswicks, the after-tax return will not be nearly as high as their broker predicts 61 © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

62 Dr. Donald R. Trippeer, CPA
If you have any comments or suggestions concerning this PowerPoint Presentation for South-Western Federal Taxation, please contact: Dr. Donald R. Trippeer, CPA SUNY Oneonta © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.


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